Woman’s Head-Tie

Yoruba people, Nigeria, African

About 1970

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Brown ovoid vessel indents deeply at neck and rim flares outward. Shoulder and mid-section of vessel have roulette pattern; vertical line bisects body of vessel with two sets of raised bumps on either side.
A male kifwebe mask of wood with a very tall curved median crest and a rectangular mouth pierced in a cruciform shape and containing a mouthpiece, decorated with wide bands of black and white pigments with red highlights, an encrusted patina.
Blackish-brown amphora shaped vessel has narrow bottom and handles. Raised scalloped pattern descends from ridge at shoulder. Double vertical rows of raised dots connect shoulder to bottom of vessel at four places.
Collector number EWAL 28