Horned helmet mask "ngontang" · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3053560
Starting price
EUR 4,000
Estimated price
EUR 6,000
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, GermanyWolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 4 May 1979, lot 175
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 10 November 1979, lot 253
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 47,5 cm
H: 18.7 inch
Description
wood, pigments, incised signature under the right ear “Issongo”, base
This mask may be a variant of the “ngontang” type, which is usually characterised by four or more faces. “Ngontang” masks are regarded as representations of a powerful spirit being that tracks down sorcerers and punishes them by magical means.
Publications
AHDRC: 0046284