Mask "suaga" · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3032213
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, red pigment, white and black paint, carved with a bifurcated pair of horns and a big open snout, rep. (right horn), traces of insect caused damage;
the “suaga” mask shows zoomorphic features which hardly can be associated with a certain kind of animal. The open snout could be interpreted as a dog’s snout. It is supposed that dogs were ritually killed to produce that kind of masks.
The object Mask “suaga” with the object ID 3032213 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 124 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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