nam gbalang/nassa
Nigeria
1930s
Height 20"
Provenance: Leonard Stanley, Los Angeles, CA
Of diminutive size and abstract form with well-balanced proportions, the curves of the horns projecting up and inwards as a counterweight to the squared, broad and gaping mouth, a central ridge running down the middle of the head.
nam gbalang/nassa
Nigeria
1930s
Height 20"
Provenance: Leonard Stanley, Los Angeles, CA
Of diminutive size and abstract form with well-balanced proportions, the curves of the horns projecting up and inwards as a counterweight to the squared, broad and gaping mouth, a central ridge running down the middle of the head.