Attributed to the artist Nyavo of Pentisawa, Taraba state, eastern Nigeria. The works of the artist were first photographed by Arnold Rubin in the 1960s. For related examples, see Neyt (2006: 106–9, 131) and Fardon (2011: 250, 252). Most of the nose has been lost but can be restored.

REFERENCES

Fardon, Richard. “The Middle Benue: Visual Resemblances, Connected Histories.” In Central Nigeria

Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley, edited by Marla Berns, Richard Fardon, and Sidney

Littlefield Kasfir, 231–83. Los Angeles, CA: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2011.

Neyt, François. Mumuye. Paris: Galerie Flak, 2006.