Mask "agwe"
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73rd tribal art auctionMask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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collected in situ (1968 -1972) | H: 19.3 inch | sold |
wood, brown patina, kaolin, pointed headgear, two drilled holes in every cheek, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
this mask is a mixture between a helmet and a face mask. It is deemed to be the only mask of this ethnic group and represents a kind of "Till Eulenspiegel".