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Description : A Cameroon Grasslands helmet mask. Cameroon, Bamileke. 20th century. 16h x 12w x 9 1/2d.
Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: Cameroon royal masks are distinctive in their design. Monumental in size with bulging cheeks and openwork hairstyle, Cameroon royal masks represent the power and nobility of their owner. Some examples were so massive that they were never danced but only carried in procession. The masker peers through a scarf-like fabric positioned below the mask. The elegant carving and highly refined features of this mask may point to it having been created in or near Laikom. (Bourgeois and Rodolitz, Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art, Ethnos, New York, 2003, p.27, fig.60). For a similar object see Bonhams, New York, Fine African and Oceanic Art, November 13, 2007, lot 2186
Price: 875.00 USDIt's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 800 USD-1200 USDIt's free to register now to view!
About the lot N° 347 Title : Bamileke Helmet Mask, Period : 2003 Size : 16h x 12w x 9 1/2d Quinn's Auction Galleries, auctioneer, Falls Church, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Estate of Merton Simpson & Multi Estate Ethnographic Oct 1, 2016 Sale date : 01 Oct 2016It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale
