Mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3035916
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Provenance
Pierre Robin, Paris, FranceJean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch
Description
light wood, blackish brown patina, expressive forms: spherical cheeks, saucer-shaped projecting ears and vaulted headdress, ring of plantfibre and cord for support, old collection number handwritten in black on white fond backside at the coiffure “AJP 1299”, dam., traces of old age, minor missing parts and abrasion of paint;
this mask was probably used by an antiwitchcraft society.
The object Mask with the object ID 3035916 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 370.
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