Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki/Babungo
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, GermanyFred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 368
Christian Franke, Murrhardt, Germany
Size
H: 55,5 cm
H: 21.9 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, carved with a crest of arrow heads, plant fibre cord, slightly dam., abrasionof paint, rep. (breakages), cracks, base.
According to Wittmer masks with arrow platform superstructures are mostly attributed to the Babungo. The peoples of Babungo and Bamunka, both of which are important Grasslands smelting centers, attach special significance to smiths.
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene, Cameroon, Charlotte 1977, ill. 10Publications
AHDRC: 0011868