Lot Essay
For similar examples, see Cole and Aniakor, 1984, pp. 213-214, nos. 327, 328, 329.
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF VINCENT PRICE
AN IBO HEADDRESS
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AN IBO HEADDRESS
Standing on a square base with flexed legs slightly apart, sloping shoulders, the arms extended foreward, both hands holding scepters, cylindrical neck supporting round head with flat chin, median crest coiffure with two braids at sides, the figure and face painted white with black at hands, feet, neck, coiffure and eyes, red accents elsewhere, 19½in. (49.5cm.) high
Standing on a square base with flexed legs slightly apart, sloping shoulders, the arms extended foreward, both hands holding scepters, cylindrical neck supporting round head with flat chin, median crest coiffure with two braids at sides, the figure and face painted white with black at hands, feet, neck, coiffure and eyes, red accents elsewhere, 19½in. (49.5cm.) high