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Anthropomorphic face mask, Cameroon, Bangwa, Size: H: 45 cm (H: 17.7 inch), ID: 3041303
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Lot 278
91 Tribal Art Auction

Anthropomorphic face mask ·  Cameroon, Bangwa · ID: 3041303

sold EUR 4,600
Provenance
Gudrun Eisenberg, Blankenberg, Germany
Grudrun 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)

Africa
Masks

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