30th Jun, 2022 9:30
Fine Art, Antiques & Asian Art
Two Bamileke Kam masks, Cameroon, each covered in strung cowrie shells on a material ground, with strung blue glass beaded eyes, one with further strung glass beads around the tip of the nose and with a fibrous hair beard, a larger shell fragment behind the coiffure, the other with an ink inscribed label 'Mr. Roger c/o Rev. H. Knopfli, Basel Mission', 34cm & 37cm
Roger Todd Collection, London, UK.
Sold for £90
Two Bamileke Kam masks, Cameroon, each covered in strung cowrie shells on a material ground, with strung blue glass beaded eyes, one with further strung glass beads around the tip of the nose and with a fibrous hair beard, a larger shell fragment behind the coiffure, the other with an ink inscribed label 'Mr. Roger c/o Rev. H. Knopfli, Basel Mission', 34cm & 37cm
ProvenanceRoger Todd Collection, London, UK.
