Mask "suaga" ·  Cameroun, Mambila · ID: 3032213

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, red pigment, white and black paint, carved with a bifurcated pair of horns and a big open snout, rep. (right horn), traces of insect caused damage;
the “suaga” mask shows zoomorphic features which hardly can be associated with a certain kind of animal. The open snout could be interpreted as a dog’s snout. It is supposed that dogs were ritually killed to produce that kind of masks.