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Lot 70
Idoma Headcrest, Nigeria
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$6,000 - US$8,000
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Idoma Headcrest, Nigeria
Wood, pigments, vegetable fiber
Height 14 1/2in (36.8cm)
Provenance
R.W. Bentley and Peter McCormick Collection, California
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 15 October 1977, Lot 576
Galerie Valluet-Ferrandin, Paris
Private Collection, United States
Wearing a conical coiffure projecting slightly forward with a multitude of wood pegs inserted into the sides and back; the face bisected with raised ridge and highlighted with incised spiral designs on each temple; metal inset eyes; the mouth open revealing four square wood teeth and the face covered with kaolin, bordered around the edge of the coiffure with blue pigment; the circular base bound with fiber bundle and cordage.
Height 14 1/2in (36.8cm)
Provenance
R.W. Bentley and Peter McCormick Collection, California
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 15 October 1977, Lot 576
Galerie Valluet-Ferrandin, Paris
Private Collection, United States
Wearing a conical coiffure projecting slightly forward with a multitude of wood pegs inserted into the sides and back; the face bisected with raised ridge and highlighted with incised spiral designs on each temple; metal inset eyes; the mouth open revealing four square wood teeth and the face covered with kaolin, bordered around the edge of the coiffure with blue pigment; the circular base bound with fiber bundle and cordage.














