A fine and old Igbo or Igala shrine panel, Igbo or Igala; Nigeria
Of squared flat form with conical strut at reverse, the top with heavily encrusted surface depicting lizards snakes and firearms above a frieze of human faces within manilla-form shapes. Quite likely 19th C. A very fine and unusual example. H. 14 1/2"
Comments: Property of an East Coast private collector
