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.
Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 224 f.