Mint with coins
Tikar · Cameroon
Reference: MFANT-20
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- Height
- 33 cm
- Material
- Black clay, brass, cauris, coins.
Unusual black clay mask with large brass inlays to appear eyes, nose, ears and other features of the elongated face, decorated with cauris between non-metallic parts.…
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Unusual black clay mask with large brass inlays to appear eyes, nose, ears and other features of the elongated face, decorated with cauris between non-metallic parts. At the top of the forehead are coins from the French colonization period in which can be read "Colonias under French mandate". This mask belonged to a Lebanese diplomat and comes from a command and canton near Yaoundé. It is undoubtedly a mask that embodies power, possibly a mask of justice.
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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