Mask · Cameroon Grassfields, Kom · ID: 3040388
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1976)Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, kaolin, red pigment remains, typical facial features with smiling mouth and disc-shaped flattened beard, diadem-shaped headdress with jagged hairline and incised decro (two lizards), min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Mask with the object ID 3040388 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 334 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100.
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Comparing literature
Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, P15