Anthropomorphic mask "ngil" · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3052298
Sold
EUR 6,000
Provenance
Ernst Esch (1870-pre 1951), Germany (coll. in situ, 1903)
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Esch was a Geologist serving in the German colonial administration (1906).
Size
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
wood, inside inscribed in graphite: “1903 von Dr. Esche aus Kamerun mitgebracht…” (illegible); handwritten label: “Maske um 1900 - der Fang - Südliches Kamerun - Typ der “Ng’el” Maske”
The object Anthropomorphic mask “ngil” with the object ID 3052298 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025. The object with the lot number 331 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,000 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.
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