Ritual implement ·  Nigeria, Tiv · ID: 3030362

Description

heavy wood, brown patina with traces of black paint, entirely coated with white dots, glass eyes with painted pupils, a hole on top of the head for insertion of magical substances, slightly dam., paint rubbed off (back of the head).

The object Ritual implement with the object ID 3030362 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 104 achieved a sales price of EUR 330.

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