Elephant mask "ntshen" · Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Bali Nyonga / Oku · ID: 3048471
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Jo de Buck, Brussels, BelgiumSize
L: 103 cm
L: 40.6 inch
Description
wood, rest.
Among the peoples of the Cameroon Grassfields, the elephant, like the leopard, is considered a royal symbol.
Wherever the elephant masks appear, they perform as so-called “leader masks” and occupy the second most important position after the human “kam” mask.
The object Elephant mask “ntshen” with the object ID 3048471 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 266 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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