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Main catalogue: "NGUNGA, dance mask. Headpiece: flat board carved in the shape of a face with a high cap on a thick bead of banana leaves surrounded by a dense mass of raffia fibres. Two loops woven from banana leaf discs hang down below for the arms to pass through"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Header mask
Dimensions
Height: 65 cm
Width: 60 cm
Depth: 44 cm
Weight: 2,6 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25605

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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