Mask · Nigéria, Idoma · ID: 3034525
Vendu
1 000 €
Description
wood, polychrome paint, typical scarifications, filed incisors, crowned by two small human heads, flanked by contorted horns, pierced around the rim, cracks, traces of abrasion;
the combination of human face and animal horns is found more often among southern groups (Igbo, Ogoni, Ibibio) than among other groups of the lower Benue.