Zoomorphic mask "azigho" ·  Nigéria, Bini · ID: 3034209

Description

wood, polychrome paint, of oval form with a high forehead and v-shaped horns, brows in double arches, pierced eyes, drilled holes around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, small missing parts backside;
this animal mask with human features depicts an antelope.

Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 83