Anthropomorphic face mask
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91 Tribal Art AuctionAnthropomorphic face mask
Cameroon, Bangwa
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Gudrun Eisenberg, Blankenberg, Germany Grudrun Eisenberg descends from the old Saxon dynasty "von Trotha" with the same-named ancestral seat "Burg Trotha" in todays Halle-Trotha. |
H: 17.7 inch | sold |
wood,
This mask was probably used by an antiwitchcraft society. Witchcraft was believed to be the cause of diverse misfortunes, primarily illness and death.