CHAMBA, Nigeria.
Wood, iron, patina of use.
Ancient stylized "Tau-wandoa" statuette standing on a metal stake used to drive into the ground. The male figure has a schematic face, a sagittal crested headdress and a narrow hollowed out abdominal cavity.
1st half of the XXth century.
Height: 42 cm.
Cracks.
Literary reference: "Central Nigeria unmasked" Arts of the Benue River. R. FARDON, 2011.
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