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Mask "mabuh", Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3047712
Mask "mabuh", Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3047712 - 2/5 Mask "mabuh", Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3047712 - 3/5 Mask "mabuh", Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3047712 - 4/5 Mask "mabuh", Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3047712 - 5/5
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Lot 109
96th Auction

Mask "mabuh" ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum · ID: 3047712

sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

Masks “mabuh” were the property of the “kwifon” society, who performed at funerals and memorial services of important society members, where they announced the arrival of the terrifying “nkock” masks.

Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 231

Africa
Masks

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