Memorial head · Nigeria, Benin, Bini / Edo · ID: 3049455
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1986)Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Sieghart Ott, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, Lot 85
German Private Collection
Size
H: 22 cm
28 cm (with feathery appendage)
H: 8.7 inch
11.0 inch (with feathery appendage)
Description
wood, coconut shell,
Wooden shrine heads were allowed to sit on the altars of chiefs and important individuals as opposed to the copper alloy heads that were exclusively used by the royalty of Benin.
The object Memorial head with the object ID 3049455 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 260 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 37, ill. 88
Publications
AHDRC: 0088461