240510 - Antique Extremely rare African Mambila mask - Cameroon - with Certificate of Authenticity
€825.00
Extremely Rare Antique African headdress mask from the Mambila, Cameroon.
This type of mask is used in initiation ceremonies.
Hand carved from a single piece of wood, with color pigments.
Long: 50 cm.
This Antique Mambila mask was collected in the 1930's and ended up in my private collection in 1998.
Hand carved from a single piece of wood and about 90 years old or older,
Unfortunately it is damaged, the snout of the left animal is missing a piece
Cf: Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, page 269