AUCTION 285 - AFRICAN AND OCEANIAN ART FROM TWO IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (ONLINE)
Lot 90
Arte Africana
Tukah mask, Bamileke Cameroon
Imposing royal Bamendou mask with brown patina. Masks of this type were used during the tronization ceremonies and the funeral of the fo (sovereign).
NOTE - For a similar specimen see: Royal tukah mask. Wood. Musée du Louvre, (Musée du Quai Branly - inv. 73.1992.0.13).
Provenance: Italian private collection, acquired in the early '70s from a historical French collection formed around the 40s of the last century.
Measures: 87.0 x 40.0 cm
Starting price: € 680,00
Estimate: € 1.500,00 - 2.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 24 March starting from 15:00.
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