Zoomorphic mask · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3039916
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Description
wood, encrusted patina, black and white paint, two holes to hold decorative material, 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 3039916 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 164 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.
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Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene, Cameroon, Charlotte 1977p. 31, ill. 45 a
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 248, ill. 349; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, p. 176, ill. 246