Lot: 278

91e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Masque facial anthopomorphe

Cameroun, Bangoua

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
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: 45 cm Vendu

wood,
This mask was probably used by an antiwitchcraft society. Witchcraft was believed to be the cause of diverse misfortunes, primarily illness and death.