Elephant mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3032754
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Size
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch
Description
sacking, dyed in black and red, bonnet-shaped, with bands of fabric to the front and to the back, embroidered with polychrome glass beads, big disc-shaped ears, facial features formed by bulges of fabric, circular openings for the mask-dancer to look through, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of usage, on base
The object Elephant mask with the object ID 3032754 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 365.
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Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, ill. 97