Anthropomorphic face mask
Cameroon, Bangwa
sold
EUR 4,600
Provenance
Gudrun Eisenberg, Blankenberg, GermanyGrudrun Eisenberg descends from the old Saxon dynasty “von Trotha” with the same-named ancestral seat “Burg Trotha” in todays Halle-Trotha.
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
wood,
This mask was probably used by an antiwitchcraft society. Witchcraft was believed to be the cause of diverse misfortunes, primarily illness and death.
Publications
AHDRC: 0011621 (comparable object)