Masque casque "agwe chaka"
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Cameroun Grassland, Widekum
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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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.