Rare anthropomorphic face mask · Cameroon, Ngolo-Kundu · ID: 3046343
Description
wood, residues of paint, pokerwork,
A comparable copy can be found in the museum “Kunstkamera” (Museum for Anthropology and Ethnography), St. Petersburg, Russia (cf. AHDRC 0144625).
The object Rare anthropomorphic face mask with the object ID 3046343 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 294 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Olderogge, Dimitrij, Afrikanische Kunst aus den Afrika-Sammlungen des Museums für Anthropologie und Ethnographie Leningrad, Prag 1969, pl. 70