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Mask with openwork headdress
Cameroon. Grassfields, northwest region, Babanki region, Belo
Late 19^th century - early 20^th century
Pale wood
Acquired from the ethnologist Hans Himmelheber in 1937; collected the same year
MEG Inv. ETHAF 019639-b

Cameroon Grassfields Map

The Bamum Kingdom during the Reign of King Njoya The Kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields

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Wastiau, Boris. 2008. Medusa en Afrique. La sculpture de l’enchantement. Genève : MEG ; Milan : 5 Continents Editions., 200, MEG ET AF 4614

musée d'ethnographie de genève

Ville de Genève

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