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Masque casque anthropomorphe "agwe", Prairie Camerounaise, Widekum, Taille: H: 45 cm, ID: 3045130
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Masque casque anthropomorphe "agwe" ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Widekum · ID: 3045130

Vendu 1 000 €
Provenance
Koller, Zurich, 20 June 2011, lot 246
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Description

wood, hide,
The Widekum live in the border region of Cameroon and Nigeria - in the western Grassfields, at the headwaters of the Cross River.

Next to leather-covered dance crests, wide-spread in the region, the Widekum are known for only one type of mask, also covered with leather, and called “agwe”. It depicts a kind of trickster spirit, who can cause good as well as evil.

Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 610

Afrique
Masques

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