Memorial head · Nigeria, Benin · ID: 3052413
Starting price
EUR 1,500
Estimated price
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
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.
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 37, ill. 88