An Igbo head crest

An Igbo head crest

Nigeria

carved the half figure of a women wearing a waistband, necklace and crucifix, previously with plugs to the corners of her mouth, with a linear carved coiffure with locks, her angled arms supporting a seated male and female figure and with an entwined snake, with nails and painted decoration,

55cm high.

Provenance

Romy Rey Collection, London.