Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Mask of a dignitary

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
not available anymore
Size
H: 46,5 cm
H: 18.3 inch

Description

light brown wood, dark brown patina, kaolin, helmet-shaped, of voluminous forms, disc-shaped headgear with circular drillings, dam., missing parts (alar wings, lips), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on base


Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon art, The Franklin Collection, 1986, p. 48, ill. 34

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