Lot 124
EJAGHAM HEADDRESS
NIGERIA
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 27 November 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£625
Description
wood, leather, kaolin, hair and rattan, sitting on a woven base, the figure composed of wood covered with antelope hide, the legs and arms articulated, open mouth showing teeth coloured white with kaolin, the eyes also covered in kaolin, hair applied to the top of the head
Dimensions
31.5cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Robert Bleakley, Australia, former director of Sotheby's Tribal Art Department, London 1973 - 1982 and CEO Sotheby's Australia 1982-1998
Note:
The treatment of the eyes with kaolin as seen in the present example is a relatively rare occurence, see a Ejagham Headress in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acquisition number 1978.412.607) for similar.