Zemanek-Münster
Mask "ngoin", Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045132
Mask "ngoin", Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045132 - 2/6 Mask "ngoin", Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045132 - 3/6 Mask "ngoin", Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045132 - 4/6 Mask "ngoin", Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045132 - 5/6 Mask "ngoin", Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke, Size: H: 38 cm (H: 15.0 inch), ID: 3045132 - 6/6
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Lot 269
91 Tribal Art Auction

Mask "ngoin" ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3045132

sold EUR 450
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
Zemanek-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.

Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon Art, o. O. 1986, p. 54 f., ill. 43

Africa
Masks

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