Massive zoomorphic mask · Nigeria, Djompre · ID: 3043458
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, GermanyKetterer, Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 212
Lempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 50
Size
H: 76 cm
H: 29.9 inch
Description
greyish brown patina, traces of kaolin, abrus seeds (partly missing), rep. (breakages horns), missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion, base.
The Djompre are a small ethnic group with their homeland in the Benue Plateau State in northern Nigeria, between Takum and the border to Cameroon. They call themselves “Kutep” or “Kutev”, the denomination “Djombre” - which means “cannibals” - has probably been given to them by the neighbouring Chamba.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 188
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, p. 175, ill. 243 (sketch)AHDRC: 0096132