Anthropomorphic face mask · Cameroon, Bangwa · ID: 3041303
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.
The object Anthropomorphic face mask with the object ID 3041303 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 278 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,600.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0011621 (comparable object)