Masque casque "agwe chaka" · Prairie Camerounaise, Widekum · ID: 3049370
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
August Flick, Cologne, GermanyZemanek-Münster, 4 September 2010, Lot 398
Horst Hornstadt, Frankfurt, Germany
Description
wood, animal skin, pigments, blackish mass,
According to Nicklin, this mask was worn during funerary rituals dedicated to members of the warrior society known as “nchibbe” (“nchibi” / “nchebi”).
It depicts a kind of trickster spirit, who can cause good as well as evil.
Littérature comparée
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 224 f.