Anthropomorphic mask ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamum · ID: 3030867

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of kaolin, large eyes underneath roof-like protruding curved brows, a big nose with inflated nostrils flanked by extremely bulging cheeks, a narrow snout-like mouth with big irregular teeth below, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, paint rubbed off

Littérature comparée

Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, ill. P7 f.