Face mask "agwe" ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum · ID: 3033016

Description

wood, entirely covered with reddish brown leather, fixed by nails, separate carved tongue, wooden teeth, grass fibre coiffure with lobe on the forehead and two side lobes, slightly dam., minor tears in the leather, missing parts because of insect caused damage at the back of the rim

The object Face mask “agwe” with the object ID 3033016 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 243 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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