Buffalo mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3039594
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Anton Handl, Munich, GermanySize
H: 63,5 cm
H: 25.0 inch
Description
heavy wood, dark brown patina, of elongated form, dominated by strong horns, inflated nostrils and teeth revealing snout, rep. (breakage right horn tip), small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon art, Michigan 1986, ill. 55