Beschreibung : wood, hide, The Widekum live in the border region of Cameroon and Nigeria - in the western Grassfields, at the headwaters of the Cross River. Next to leather-covered dance crests, wide-spread in the region, the Widekum are known for only one type of mask, also covered with leather, and called agwe. It depicts a kind of trickster spirit, who can cause good as well as evil. Continent: Africa
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Über das Lot Chargen- 277 Titel : Anthropomorphic Helmet Mask Agwe Größe : H: 45 cm, H: 17,7 inch Herkunft : Koller, Zurich, 20 June 2011, lot 246 Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland Literature : Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 610 Condition report : See description