23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 112
 

A Mambila zoomorphic headdress mask, Cameroon, covered in animal skin, with wood teeth and red pigment to the mouth interior and nostrils, with a woven and bound neck, two horns missing from the rear, 58cm high; a Burkina Faso zoomorphic helmet mask with buffalo horns, a snake entwined around the base, 33cm high; a Bamun helmet mask, Cameroon, the rear of the helmet with a band of seven heads, covered in a black pigment, 35cm wide, 21cm high

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

Sold for £700


 

A Mambila zoomorphic headdress mask, Cameroon, covered in animal skin, with wood teeth and red pigment to the mouth interior and nostrils, with a woven and bound neck, two horns missing from the rear, 58cm high; a Burkina Faso zoomorphic helmet mask with buffalo horns, a snake entwined around the base, 33cm high; a Bamun helmet mask, Cameroon, the rear of the helmet with a band of seven heads, covered in a black pigment, 35cm wide, 21cm high

Provenance

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

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