Zoomorphic headdress · Nigeria, Djompre (Jompre) / Kutep · ID: 3050304
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Size
L: 46,5 cm
D: 46 cm (
L: 18.3 inch
D: 18.1 inch (
Description
wood, rattan, grass fibre, resin,
Horned mask in abstract form, partly coated with mass (resin), into which originally abrus seeds were pressed, surrounded by a lush grass fibre cuff, on a projecting base of rattan plait.
Comparable specimens published in Krieger, 1967, fig. 10 and in Berns, 2011, p. 345, ill. 10.51.
The object Zoomorphic headdress with the object ID 3050304 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 242.
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Comparing literature
Krieger, Kurt & Gerdt Kutscher, Westafrikanische Masken, Berlin 1967, Bild 10 Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 345, ill. 10.51