Tête janus · Nigéria, Igbo · ID: 3044743
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyDescription
terracotta, base
Headpiece of a “ntekpe” shrine figure once adorning the altar of a healer-diviner. “Ntekpe” ususally shows a male and a female figure sitting back to back. A comparable terracotta from the Kuhn Collection was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York in 1991.
Littérature comparée
Sotheby's, New York, "The Kuhn Collection of African Art", 20 November 1991, Lot 43 (AHDRC 0099557)