Helmet mask, female type "ngoin" · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3037802

Name: Helmet mask, female type "ngoin"
SKU: 3037802
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany

Size

H: 45 cm

H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, high towering coiffure with opening in the parting, closed by an inserted piece of wood, drilled holes for attachment of ornament, slightly dam., vertical fine cracks, abrasion of paint;
the “ngoin” mask performed together with a whole group of masks belonging to one lineage, always following a male leader mask. Lineage masks perform publicly at the commemorative death celebrations of Fons and title-holders and at the kingdoms annual dance, a high point of celebration during the festive cycle of the dry season.

The object Helmet mask, female type “ngoin” with the object ID 3037802 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 390.

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