Mask

66. A large Widekum helmet mask known as Nchibi or Agwe covered in thin dried skin. These masks were worn during funerary rituals dedicated to members of the warrior society they were meant to display an aggressive personality.

43cm x 30cm.

Ex Lemaire. 1892- 1979.

Ex Christie’s, London, “Tribal Art”, 26 March 1985. Lot 135.

Cross River, Cameroon.

C1900.