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Headpiece mask Animal face. The mouth is open and two rows of teeth are visible. There are square knobs on the back of the head, as if from a cap Colour: Black patina with white contours Condition: Some of the knobs are broken off and missing.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bafum-Bum
Object type
Header mask
Dimensions
Height: 37 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21655

Provenance and sources

where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Mê
Bafum-Bum
who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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