Mask "agwe"
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Lot: 411
77th tribal art auctionMask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
| Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
|---|---|---|
| Wally Zollman, Indiana, USA David & Clifford Gelbard, New York, USA |
H: 18.1 inch | sold |
wood, entirely coated with leather, dark brown patina, inserted teeth (partly missing), rep. (leather partly cracked), small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
worn during funerary rituals dedicated to members of the warrior society known as "nchibbe".
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 225
Bourgeois, Arthur & Scott Rodolitz, Remnants of Ritual, New York 2003, p. 23, ill. 53;
Celenko, Theodore, African Art in Cultural Context: Selections from the Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection, Ball State University, Muncie 1988, fig.13
Celenko, Theodore, African Art in Cultural Context: Selections from the Wally and Brenda Zollman Collection, Ball State University, Muncie 1988, fig.13
