Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art - 10th February 2015

Lot 355

An Ekoi Janus headdress

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

An Ekoi Janus headdress, Nigeria, one face with filed teeth, the other pierced and with scarifications and mirror fragment inset eyes, with four horn headdress and woven caned fixing, 41cm high, on a stand.

Provenance:

The Harry A. Franklin Family Collection of African Art, Sotheby's, New York, 21 April 1990, lot 260.