Mask · Cameroon, Bangwa · ID: 3035563

Name: Mask
SKU: 3035563
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Dutch Private Collection

Size

H: 34 cm

H: 13.4 inch

Description

wood, dark brown encrusted patina, remains of kaolin in the area of the eyes, nose, mouth and ears, heart-shaped facial plane with bulging cheeks and round mouth with filed teeth, four holes on the forehead (probably for the attachment of decoration), pierced around the rim, cracks, traces of abrasion, socle;
the Bangwa are one of the most important groups among the Bamileke. Numbering about 40,000 to 50,000 people, they live in about nine small communities, called chefferies.
The expressivity and the individual expression on the face are typical for the Bangwa region.

The object Mask with the object ID 3035563 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 294.

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