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Mask "mabuh" - Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the

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Mask "mabuh" - Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the

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wood, pigments, baseMasks "mabuh" were the property of the "kwifon" society, who performed at funerals and memorial services of important society members, where they announced the arrival of the terrifying "nkock" masks. H: 35 cm, H: 13,8 inchProvenance:Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsLit.: Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 231

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Mask "mabuh" - Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the

Name: Mask \"mabuh\" - Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the
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