Mask · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3033226
Vendu
500 €
Description
wood, brown patina, of elongated form with accentuated chin, broad alae and rhomb-shaped protruding eyes, strings of cowrie snails, bell and calabash attached, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
probably this relative rare mask type shows a bush cow and appears at the “ogun” festivities.