Standing female figure · Nigeria, Boki · ID: 3041497
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
The Common Ground Gallery, New York, USASize
H: 36,5 cm
H: 14.4 inch
Description
wood, strongly encrusted blackish brown patina, pigment remains, massive head with large rectangular deepened mouth, arms close to block-like body, slightly dam., fine crack;
the Boki are a Bantoid group who live on both sides of the Cameroon border in the upper Cross River region. They are mainly known for their skin-covered dance crests which were used by three mens associations “nkang”, “egbege” and “bekarum”.
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, ill. 190