Zemanek-Münster

Helmet mask of a dignitary ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3033008

sold EUR 1,200
Provenance
European Private Collection
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, traces of camwood powder, well-balanced form: broad and well-rounded cheeks, a big laughing mouth, crowned by a disc-shaped head crest, ornamentally subdivided by carved strings of cowrie snails, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks


The object Helmet mask of a dignitary with the object ID 3033008 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 233 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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