House of the head "ile ori" · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3033536
Description
palm fibres, leather, fabric, cowrie snails, cylindrical receptacle with fabric coating, embroidered with cowrie snails, set with four amulet bags, crown-shaped lid with four fabric triangles, slightly dam., traces of old age;
various researchers have shown that the lid of the “house of the head” is intentionally shaped like a Yoruba crown. This is a manifestation of the king’s “inner head”. His physical head is concealed by the curtain of beads hanging from the crown.
L’objet House of the head “ile ori” numéro d’objet 3033536, a fait partie de l’enchère 71st tribal art auction en 24 novembre 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 294.
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