Mask with hinged jaw "elu"
Nigeria, Ogoni
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 310Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Rainer Linnhoff, Pullach, Germany
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
Description
wood, dark patina, remains of pigments, tribe-typical facial features, scarification marks and “snub nose”, coiffure of three horn-like projecting lobes, min. dam., insect caused damage, traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
David, Jean, Ogoni, Zürich 2002, p. 32Publications
Zemanek, David, Nigeria, Kult und Ritus, Würzburg 2002, p. 14, ill. 9AHDRC: 0098778