Yelmo Camaleon
Igbo · Nigeria
Reference: MYL-4
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- Height
- 43 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
An anthropomorphic helmet mask. A chameleon, tailed backwards, bells on a human head. A dorsal line, with relief drawings, widened in the center runs the chameleon…
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Full original description
An anthropomorphic helmet mask. A chameleon, tailed backwards, bells on a human head. A dorsal line, with relief drawings, widened in the center runs the chameleon from one end to the other. Black and white pigmentation on the human and red head in the chameleon. Head that has a large mouth, with triangular scarifications in its corners and apparent row of teeth. Big jumping eyes with rocky pigmentation and eyebrows formed by relief stripes painted in black.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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