Elephant mask · Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3034348
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Provenance
Engels, Liberia/AustraliaUdo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, a protruding narrow trunk, flanked by symmetrical arranged, half-circular tusks, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts;
mask with an exclusive status as royal icon.
Littérature comparée
Ross, Doran H. (ed.), Elephant, Los Angeles 1992, p. 250