Mask "agwe" ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum · ID: 3032923

Description

wood, entirely coated with leather, dark brown patina, accentuated cheeks, small wooden plugs on temples and forehead, wooden teeth (partly missing), min. dam., tear (leather), slight traces of abrasion

The object Mask “agwe” with the object ID 3032923 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 242.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 389