Mask Helmet Ngoin
Bamun · Cameroon
Reference: MFANT-219
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- Height
- 31 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Realistic-looking mask, something weird on the bamún masks. By the factions it is a female mask, Ngoin. Very deteriorated by the termites and the passage of…
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Full original description
Realistic-looking mask, something weird on the bamún masks. By the factions it is a female mask, Ngoin. Very deteriorated by the termites and the passage of time. These are commemorative masks used in remembrance of the memory of some notable deceased.
Further technical information
- Width
- 23 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX.
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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