Zoomorphic mask · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3035784
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Description
wood, encrusted patina, black and white paint, two holes to hold decorative materials, rest. (breakage at the snout), small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
many objects of Mambila art are associated with the seasonal cycles of planting and harvesting and the cult of ancestors whose material abode is the guarded shrine of every family compound. The masks and statues were kept hidden from the eyes of the women in crochet nets inside the shrine.
The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3035784 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 105 achieved a sales price of EUR 100.
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Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 248, ill. 349; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, p. 177, ill. 59