Dog Head Mask
Mambila · Cameroon
Reference: MFAZ-2
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- Height
- 65 cm
- Material
- MOTHER AND PATINE
Stylized dog mask in which the top of the face has been able to respect the heart shape of the typical face of the mambila statuery.…
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Full original description
Stylized dog mask in which the top of the face has been able to respect the heart shape of the typical face of the mambila statuery. With an ear, it's supposed, by the ringed shape, that it's two horns that's on his head. It's a strange mambila mask that breaks the canons of ethnicity. The nose, though more stylized, wants to follow the style of dog head masks. It's an indefinite nose, a couple of horns raise their heads. A face with heart-shaped anthropomorphic characteristics.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-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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