Ogbom dance crest surmounted by a female statue sitting on a - Lot 53

Ogbom dance crest surmounted by a female statue sitting on a stool. Under the visored forehead marked with keloids in relief, the shield-shaped face presents stretched almond-shaped eyes and a small mouth carried forward, inscribed in the extension of the chin. The breasts are projected into the space, and the abdomen is protruding with a pointed navel, whose dynamism is reinforced by the arch of the back. Dark and crusty patina. These crests were used to honor the goddess of the earth, within the framework of Ogbom society. Eket / Igbo style - Nigeria H : 69,5 cm W : 19 cm Provenance Bacquart Bibliography : NIGEL Barley, Arts du Nigéria revisités, Editions Musée Barbier Mueller and Somogy Editions d'art, Paris, 2015, p.93 https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2006/oceanic-and-african-art-pf6014/lot.186.html COLE M. Herbert, Visions of Igbo Africa, Editions 5 continents, Milan, 2013, p.135