Pearl Mask
Bamileke · Cameroon
Reference: FPR-4
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- Height
- 35 cm
- Material
- Wood, cauris, brown fiber and ceramic beads of various colors
This name is given to masks, statues or any other object covered with beads or ceramic beads. The art of pearl was reserved for royal families…
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Full original description
This name is given to masks, statues or any other object covered with beads or ceramic beads. The art of pearl was reserved for royal families who imported from Venice for centuries,large quantities of multicolored glass beads. For a time they traded slaves for glass beads. The Bamileké artisans have been the great masters of this art, mainly those of the Sultanate of Bamun.
Further technical information
- Width
- 27 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
- Recorded weight
- 1 g
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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