Water spirit mask · Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3040896
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, GermanyHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993)
Size
H: 72,5 cm
H: 28.5 inch
Description
wood, slighty encrusted patina, polychrome paint, anthropomorphic face with long snout reminding of a crocodile, rep. (right ear tip), cracks, abrasion of paint
Comparing literature
Anderson, Martha G., Ways of the Rivers, Los Angeles 2002, p. 148 f.