A Fine and very early Cameroon Grasslands mask, Bamileke; Cameroon
The mask with exceptional patina exhibiting extensive use, high trapezoidal coif representing a prestige cap above a rounded brow and wide eyes with thin brow lines incised; the nose classical with flaring nostrils and the mouth open and toth, with small beard beneath.
Old label on the reverse says 'Kamerun'. H. 12"
Comments: Property of an East Coast private collection
Provenance: Field collected by 1887 by Jesso Albert Eugene Van Puttkamer; German colonial military chief, in the Cameroon grasslands