Buffalo mask ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3035225

Description

heavy wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, pierced ears, dam., crack at the back of the head, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
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.

The object Buffalo mask with the object ID 3035225 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 287.

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