Anthropomorphic helmet mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Kom · ID: 3045448
sold
EUR 3,500
Provenance
Franco Monti, Milan, ItalyCarlo Monzino, Castagnola, Italy
Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium (2016)
Size
H: 72 cm
H: 28.3 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, base
On the mask are four square openings, which served to place magical charge. Two of them (on the buttocks) are closed by fitted pieces of wood.
A comparable mask is shown in the exhibition catalog of the Rietberg Museum (Kunst der Könige, 2008, p. 235).
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 235
Publications
AHDRC: 0132341
Exhibition
Paris, Parcours des Mondes, 6 -11 September 2016