Masque casque "agwe chaka"

Cameroun Grassland, Widekum

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
August Flick, Cologne, Germany Zemanek-Münster, 4 September 2010, Lot 398 Horst Hornstadt, Frankfurt, Germany	H: 46 cm	Vendu

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.

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 224 f.

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