Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 270

A Yoruba male Ibeji Nigeria wood with a high crested coiffure with remains of Reckitt's blue

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £130

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Description

A Yoruba male Ibeji

Nigeria

wood with a high crested coiffure with remains of Reckitt's blue, with deep facial scarifications and with pins to the eyes, his back with diaper scars,

28.4cm high.

Provenance

Collected in the Nigeria during the 1950's.