Mask "agwe" · Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum · ID: 3034805
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
collected in situ (1968 -1972)Size
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, kaolin, pointed headgear, two drilled holes in every cheek, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
this mask is a mixture between a helmet and a face mask. It is deemed to be the only mask of this ethnic group and represents a kind of “Till Eulenspiegel”.