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Titel : A Bamileke Helmet Mask
Anmerkung : Exhibited:Governors State University, IL,, 2003, Krannert Art Museum, IL, 2003, Belger Art Foundation/University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, 2004, Tall Grass Art Association, IL, 2005.Published:Bourgeois and Rodolitz, REMNANTS OF RITUAL: SELECTIONS FROM THE GELBARD COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART, Ethnos, New York, 2003, p.27, fig.60Monumental in size with bulging cheeks and openwork hairstyle, Cameroon royal masks represent the power and nobility of their owner. Some examples were so massive that they were never danced but only carried in procession. The masker peers through a scarf-like fabric positioned below the mask. The elegant carving and highly refined features of this mask may point to it having been created in or near Laikom.Bonhams 2, Auktionator, New York, US
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Verkaufstitel : Fine African and Oceanic Art
Verkaufsdatum : 13/11/2007
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Auktionsreferenz : Live Sale