Elephant mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
not available anymore
Provenance
Engels, Liberia/AustraliaUdo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 92 cm
H: 36.2 inch
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, a protruding narrow trunk, flanked by symmetrical arranged, half-circular tusks, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts;
mask with an exclusive status as royal icon.