Helmet mask "agwe chaka" · Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum · ID: 3049370
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
August Flick, Cologne, GermanyZemanek-Münster, 4 September 2010, Lot 398
Horst Hornstadt, Frankfurt, Germany
Size
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, animal skin, pigments, blackish mass,
According to Nicklin, this mask was worn during funerary rituals dedicated to members of the warrior society known as “nchibbe” (“nchibi” / “nchebi”).
It depicts a kind of trickster spirit, who can cause good as well as evil.
The object Helmet mask “agwe chaka” with the object ID 3049370 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 224 f.