Mask "ngoin", before 1914 ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Kom/Bamum · ID: 3042286

Description

heavy wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, tribe-typical facial features with big eyes and smiling mouth, high headgear with rectangular opening on the backside, old collection label “Arno Leissring, Weißer Geist (?), 1922), dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, small missing parts, base;
the complete traditional vestment consists of a garment of blue and white royal cloth and a flywhisk. The mask dances in short contained steps appropriate to her noble image. “Ngoin” usually follows the leader mask in the dance sequence which includes several “ngoin” masks to complement the male human masks.

The object Mask “ngoin”, before 1914 with the object ID 3042286 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 360.

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Comparing literature

Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, P15

Publications

Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Celle 2012, p. 41

AHDRC: 0142273