Tête commémorative · Nigéria, Bénin · ID: 3052413
Prix
1 500 €Frais supplémentaires : 27% de commission, TVA, expédition et assurance transport
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandTaille
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
Wooden shrine heads were allowed to sit on the altars of chiefs and important individuals as opposed to the copper alloy heads that were exclusively used by the royalty of Benin.
Littérature comparée
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 37, ill. 88

