Masque anthropomorphe

Cameroun Grassland, Bafum (région de Fungom), Wum

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Neumeister, Munich, 25 October 1974, Lot 227 Rolf Huisgen, Munich, Germany	H: 32 cm	Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, pigments,
This mask with prominent cheek and mouth parts could be a version of the "mabu" mask type.

"Mabu" performed at funerals and commemorations for important men of the "kwifon" society, where she announced the arrival of the terrifying "ncock" masks.

Harter, Pierre, Arts anciens du Cameroun, Arnouville 1986, p. 50 Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 231

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