Anthropomorphic mask ·  Nigéria, Bini · ID: 3041251

Description

light wood, whitened with kaolin, red and black pigment, small traces of indigo blue, the face framed by raised band, diadem-shaped headdress, separately carved ear-like projections, round ornaments from mirror glass, slightly dam. (forehead), slightly stained;
Himmelheber pointed out, that this mask remotely reminds of the style of the bronze heads of Benin. The “visor”-like framing might be a carved version of the glass bead collars.

Littérature comparée

Himmelheber, Hans, Negerkunst und Negerkünstler, Würzburg 1960, p. 270 f.