Lot 80
  • 80

Mambila Mask, Cameroon

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • wood, cowrie shells
  • Length: 20 in (50.8 cm)

Provenance

Henri and Hélène Kamer, Paris
Donald Morris, Birmingham, Michigan
Private Collection, Ohio, acquired from the above
By descent from the above
Donald Morris, Birmingham, Michigan, acquired from the above
Myron Kunin, Minneapolis, acquired from the above on December 21, 1998

Exhibited

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Arts of Black Africa and Oceania, November 4 - 30, 1969
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, The Art of Black Africa: a Survey of African Sculpture from Collections in the Midwest, February 8 - April 5, 1970

Literature

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Arts of Black Africa and Oceania, Kalamazoo, 1969, no. 13
Thomas Kayser, The Art of Black Africa: a Survey of African Sculpture from Collections in the Midwest, Flint, 1970, fig. 113