Imposant masque zoomorphe · Nigéria, Djompre · ID: 3043458
Vendu
2 200 €
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, GermanyKetterer, Munich, 10 November 1979, lot 212
Lempertz, Brussels, 11 June 2011, lot 50
Description
greyish brown patina, traces of kaolin, abrus seeds (partly missing), rep. (breakages horns), missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion, base.
The Djompre are a small ethnic group with their homeland in the Benue Plateau State in northern Nigeria, between Takum and the border to Cameroon. They call themselves “Kutep” or “Kutev”, the denomination “Djombre” - which means “cannibals” - has probably been given to them by the neighbouring Chamba.
Littérature comparée
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 188
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, p. 175, ill. 243 (sketch)AHDRC: 0096132