Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Mask of a dignitary

Cameroon Grassfields
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Jack Rosenberg, New York, USA
Size
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, small remains of red paint, encrusted with clay, expressive in form, bulky head crest with burls, disc-shaped beard, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts at the back of the rim, base


Comparing literature

Germann, Paul, Das plastisch-figürliche Kunstgewerbe im Graslande von Kamerun, o.O., o. J., ill. 3

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