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Cameroon Mask

COUNTRY: CAMEROON

ETHNIC GROUP: PROBABLY BAYA OR MABALA

MATERIALS: WOOD, PIGMENT

HEIGHT: 24 1/2 in.

 

The masks of Cameroon come in an immense variety of forms as evidenced by this extraordinary piece. An interesting feature of the mask is that the mouth is represented by a miniature version of the entire mask. Is that what our mouths are?

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Uploaded on January 16, 2009
Taken on July 29, 2006