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.