Mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bekom, Tikar style · ID: 3035454
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1974)Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, of oval hollowed form with a flat beard, typical facial features with a smiling mouth, partly encrusted headgear inset with cowrie snails, rep. (broad crack in the left face half), traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, cracks