Helmet mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Kom · ID: 3039603
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Anton Handl, Munich, GermanySize
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Description
wood, slightly shiny dark brown patina, remains of kaolin, of oval form with pointed chin, ears, eyes and mouth accentuated by kaolin, surmounted by an elaborated grooved coiffure, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, Royal Art of Cameroon, The Art of the Bamenda-Tikar, New Hampshire 1973, p. 41, ill. 24