Zemanek-Münster

Buffalo mask

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamessing
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Provenance
European Private Collection
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, kaolin, voluminous and expressive in form, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fissures;
the skull of a buffalo is associated with chiefly authority. This animal gives its horn for producing drinking horns which were widely used as prestige symbols and were handed down from one generation to the other.


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