Anthropomorphic helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Kom
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. 235Publications
AHDRC: 0132341