23rd Aug, 2022 9:30
Ethnographic Art
A Bamileke Kam mask, Cameroon, with a knotted hair coiffure and material covered beard strung with cowrie shells, ghost marks of circular studs throughout the face, 39.5cm; a further Kam mask, with cowrie shell coiffure and beard secured by fibrous string and earth, impressed marks to the eyebrows, 37cm; and a Kam mask with linear carved coiffure and beard, 35cm
The Roger Todd Collection, London, UK.
Sold for £100
A Bamileke Kam mask, Cameroon, with a knotted hair coiffure and material covered beard strung with cowrie shells, ghost marks of circular studs throughout the face, 39.5cm; a further Kam mask, with cowrie shell coiffure and beard secured by fibrous string and earth, impressed marks to the eyebrows, 37cm; and a Kam mask with linear carved coiffure and beard, 35cm
ProvenanceThe Roger Todd Collection, London, UK.
