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Helmet mask with ram's horns - Cameroon, Wum / Kom / Nso

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Helmet mask with ram's horns - Cameroon, Wum / Kom / Nso

Item Details

Description

wood, colour pigments, handwritten collection no. "26", rest.
H: 42,5 cm, H: 16,7 inch

Provenance:
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland

Lit.: Harter, Pierre, Les Rois Sculpteurs, Paris 1993, p. 198 f
Continent: Africa

Condition

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Helmet mask with ram's horns - Cameroon, Wum / Kom / Nso

Name: Helmet mask with ram's horns - Cameroon, Wum / Kom / Nso
SKU: 174170562
Price: 800 EUR
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