Anthropomorphic mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3030867
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Provenance
Inge Hett, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, remains of kaolin, large eyes underneath roof-like protruding curved brows, a big nose with inflated nostrils flanked by extremely bulging cheeks, a narrow snout-like mouth with big irregular teeth below, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off
The object Anthropomorphic mask with the object ID 3030867 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 389.
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Comparing literature
Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, ill. P7 f.