Buffalo mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3049457

Name: Buffalo mask
SKU: 3049457
Price: 650 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 650

Provenance

Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany

Size

L: 57 cm

L: 22.4 inch

Description

wood, pigment residues, rest., base

The buffalo is said to have strength, courage and power. After the leopard and the elephant, it is also one of the royal symbols of the grasslands.

Buffalo masks were worn by palace regulators in their roles as market police, apprehenders of wrongdoers, and court judges.

The object Buffalo mask with the object ID 3049457 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 50 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.

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Publications

Expo cat.: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", Albert-König-Museum (Hg.), Unterlüß, 2001, p. 17, cat. 15; Expo cat.: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Celle 2012, p. 45

Exhibition

Unterlüß, Albert-König-Museum: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", 11. März - 16. April 2001; Celler Schloß, Gotische Halle: "Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki", 10. Juli - 31 August 2012

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