Elephant mask
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Elephant mask
Mask of the Elephant League "aka". The mask wearer also wore a long, wide robe. robe. Red, black and dark blue fabric, with a lining of light-coloured light-coloured fibre. Colours of the beads: white, yellow, blue, turquoise and green. The ears are designed differently, without beads on the back. The bead ornaments on the front and back of the "trunk" are different. On the back of the a ring of textiles is sewn onto the back of the head. The spelling of the cultural attribution varies in the sources; on the old index cards cards in the museum predominantly use the name "Bangua" is used.
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Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
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Cultural attribution
Bangwa
Object type
Elephant mask
Dimensions
B: 67 cm; L: 92
cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Städtisches Museum
Braunschweig
Inventory number
SMBS_1709-0007-00 A III c 438; Vw
1.4-44/1
Related object(s)
is part of :
1. Konvolut Strümpell
(Konvolut)
Provenance and sources
when
before 1902
where
Africa, Cameroon, Southwest Cameroon
Description
In the collection period between
1901-1902, military interventions against the "Bangwa" took place, in which
which Strümpell was involved as a lieutenant or first lieutenant in the German
Schutztruppe was involved. The structural connection between
between military penetration and the collection points to a
context of violence in which Strümpell acquired the "Bangwa" collection.
acquired.
when
1902
where
Braunschweig Municipal Museum
who
Kurt
Strümpell
Secondary literature
B. von Lintig, „Die bildende Kunst der Bangwa :
Werkstatt-Traditionen und Künstlerhandschriften“. Akad. Verl.,
München, 1994.; D. Hecht, „Katalog der afrikanischen Sammlung im
Städtischen Museum Braunschweig. Braunschweiger Werkstücke ; 37“.
Waisenhaus-Buchdr. und Verl., Braunschweig,
1968.
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