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.
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