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Auction archive: Lot number 5070

Two Yoruba carvings

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 5070

Two Yoruba carvings

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Nigeria, the first a dance crest/helmet from Abeokuta, possibly from the school of Adugbulogye or his descendants, with fine age and use and modern enamel paint applied over a much older surface; the second a body mask for the Gelede society, with pendulous breasts and swollen abdomen. height 19 and 20in

Auction archive: Lot number 5070
Auction:
Datum:
16 Feb 2009
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Nigeria, the first a dance crest/helmet from Abeokuta, possibly from the school of Adugbulogye or his descendants, with fine age and use and modern enamel paint applied over a much older surface; the second a body mask for the Gelede society, with pendulous breasts and swollen abdomen. height 19 and 20in

Auction archive: Lot number 5070
Auction:
Datum:
16 Feb 2009
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
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