Lot 634

Nigeria Kalabri Altar Wood, fibers, h 145 cm The Duein Fubara (forehead of the dead) is an ancestral or memorial altar screen, made to commemorate the leader of a trading house. Not only is the creation of wooden panels influenced by western ship carpentry, but the frontal image is also created as a western 'photograph', a frontal image as opposed to three-dimensional sculpture. Swiss collection