AUCTION 322 - ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND NATURALIA (saleroom auction)
Lot 45
Arte Africana
Head crest, Ejagham Nigeria
impressive head crest made of parchment and wood depicting a threatening stylized face painted in red. This type of artifacts, suggestive in their variety, are mainly made with raw antelope skin, boiled and left to dry over the previously carved wooden form; once dried, the parchment is painted in bright colors. For a similar example see Metropolitan Museum, NYC, acc. n. 1979.206.266.
Provenance: Milanese private collection formed around the 1950s.
Measures: 26.5 x 24.5 cm
Starting price: € 500,00
Estimate: € 1.000,00 - 1.500,00
The lot will be auctioned on 28 April starting from 14:00.
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