Mask with janushead superstructure · Nigeria, Urhobo · ID: 3035446
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Helmut Zimmer, Zurich, SwitzerlandHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1972)
Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black and red paint, characteristic feature: a projecting mouth with bare teeth, drilled holes which may have served for insertion of feather ornament, janus head with flat projections aside, slightly dam., missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off;
the double faces of the superstructure reflect the concept of duality, an important theme in southeastern Nigerian art.