Mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3037511
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Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, tribe-typical facial features with visible teeth and pierced ears, headgear and beard made from plaited plant fibres, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
The object Mask with the object ID 3037511 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 383.
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Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, München 20.11.2007
Comparing literature
Schulz, Bernd & Werner Fischer, Kamerun und seine Kunst, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 38