Works from the Donald Friend Collection - 27 October 2013 | Sydney
Lot 6
Egungun Headdress
YORUBA, NIGERIA, early 20th century
wood painted black, yellow and red, in the form of a human head with a small drum above the forehead, and large stylised ears, each carved with motifs of a lizard and crown, with a carved lizard figure on the back of the head between the stylised ears
51.5 cm height
Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000
Lot sold: $4,200 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Egungun Headdress YORUBA, NIGERIA, early 20th century
wood painted black, yellow and red, in the form of a human head with a small drum above the forehead, and large stylised ears, each carved with motifs of a lizard and crown, with a carved lizard figure on the back of the head between the stylised ears
51.5 cm height
Provenance
Collected by Donald Friend in Nigeria, 1938–39