Sale 219 Lot 212

IGBO AGBOGHO MMUO (MAIDEN SPIRIT) HELMET MASK WITH ARCHED POLYCHROME SUPERSTRUCTURE, NIGERIA A polychrome carved wooden helmet mask showing a tall, arched openwork superstructure framed in blue and studded with faceted conical pegs, with a smaller red-bordered arch, a checkerboard-incised panel, and a tiered crest rising above a white-painted face. The brow area is decorated with bands of incised spiral roundels in red, blue, ochre, and cream, and the kaolin-white face retains traces of dark painted features.
$200-300