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Buffalo mask, Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: L: 57 cm (L: 22.4 inch), ID: 3049457
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Buffalo mask ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3049457

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.

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

Africa
Masks

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