*CIMIER N'KANG BAMILEKE, CAMEROON Hard - Lot 137

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*CIMIER N'KANG BAMILEKE, CAMEROON Hard - Lot 137
*CIMIER N'KANG BAMILEKE, CAMEROON Hard wood with brown patina, hair H. 35 cm Large mask decorated with beard and on the headdress of hair gathered in short locks. The fake eyes are delimited by a thick dark circle, the mouth open on fleshy lips reveals teeth indicated by a grid. Antique patina, in places flaked. Formal kinship brings together a number of anthropomorphic masks from Grassland, worn at the funerals of high dignitaries, or as here, during festivities, by the chief dancers. Provenance: Private collection, Paris
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