Lot 205: A large Igbo dance crest

Igbo, Nigeria; H: 31"

Of monumental form, the large head with pigmentation intact. Decorated cloth wrap to the elongated neck. Finely carved and powerful.

Comments:
Probably created by the Northern Igbo, this dance crest is stylistically also related to some examples made by the Southern Idoma. Though the aquiline nose and large features may, at first glance, not seem to be particularly African, there is no indication that this mask represents a foreigner.

Provenance:
- Zollman Collection, IND
- Gelbard collection, NY

Publication History:
Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz; Pg. 22, Fig. 50

Exhibition History:
Exhibition History: USA: "Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art":
- University Park, IL: Governors State University, February 2003
- Krannert, IL: Krannert Art Museum, 26 August-26 October, 2003
- Kansas City, MO: Belger Art Foundation/UNIVERSITY of Missouri-
Kansas City, 2004
- Park Forest, IL: Tall Grass Art Association, 2005

Unsold

Share or Email This Lot

View all African Lots in this Auction

View all Lots in the Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Auction