Cimier · Nigéria, Boki · ID: 3042692
Vendu
1 800 €
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, GermanyKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, lot 171
Description
wooden core, stretched with leather, real hair, cowrie snails, expressive facial features: bulging eyeballs, nose in shape of a pigs nozzle, the mouth wide open with inserted human upper jaw and with the tongue stuck out, min. dam., fine cracks, missing parts (teeth), slight traces of abrasion
Littérature comparée
Preston-Blier, Suzanne, Africa's Cross River, New York o. J., ill. 4
Publications
AHDRC: 0090880