Mask "ngoin" · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3045132
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 370
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, white pigment,
This typical female mask “ngoin” wears the distinct headdress of royal titled wives and symbolizes the role of women as complementary to men.
The object Mask “ngoin” with the object ID 3045132 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 269 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon Art, o. O. 1986, p. 54 f., ill. 43