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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Igbo Artist, 11th-15th century
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Igbo Artist

11th-15th century
Skull modeled after a leopard
Nigeria
11th-15th century
Copper alloy
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 5 x 8 1/2 inches (8.9 x 12.7 x 21.6 cm)
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Igbo Artist, 11th-15th century

Provenance

Ex Walu Gallery, Zurich or Andre Guenneguez, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Ex Samir Borro, Brussels

Ex Bernard de Grunne, Brussels

Ex private collection, New York, 2000-2023

Publications

Coquet, Michele. African Royal Court Art. University of Chicago Press, 1998. no. 141

Picton, John, "Nok, Igbo-Ukwu" in De Tejada, Alberto Costa Romero and Jean-Hubert Martin. ed, África: Magia y poder. 2500 años de arte en Nigeria. Fundacion "La Caixa" de Pensiones, 1998. p. 24, 49, plate 11

Exhibitions

África: Magia y poder. 2500 años de arte en Nigeria

Centre Cultural de la Fundacion "la caxia", Barcelona. 23 September - 13 December 1998

Sala de exposiciones de la fundacion "la caxia", Madrid. 20 January - 28 March 1999

Sala de exposiciones de Santa Ines, Sevilla. 15 April - 30 May 1999

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