Description
Attachment mask, grassland, Bamileke In the form of a human head. Wood, carved, blackened, partially white pigment. Insect feeding holes at the top of the skull, breakout and cracking across the forehead. Also damaged on the nose. Cracks at the back partly fixed with raffia, hole/breakthrough at the back of the head. H. 36,5 cm Provenance: Württtemberg private property Bamileke helmet mask, wood, damages due to insects and use (?), cracks to skullcap and back side. Grasslands. H. 36,5 cm
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Attachment mask, grassland, Bamileke In the form of a human head. Wood, carved, blackened, partially white pigment. Insect feeding holes at the top of the skull, breakout and cracking across the forehead. Also damaged on the nose. Cracks at the back partly fixed with raffia, hole/breakthrough at the back of the head. H. 36,5 cm Provenance: Württtemberg private property Bamileke helmet mask, wood, damages due to insects and use (?), cracks to skullcap and back side. Grasslands. H. 36,5 cm