Mask - Cameroon (No reserve price)

stylized, with a globular bust on which the figure is set. The character stands with bent legs, as if outlining a dance movement. The broad, flat face adopts a joyful expression. The wood bears desiccation cracks. Residual inlays of ochre pigment. . :98 Width: 20 cm - The Tikar form a pygmy people found in western Cameroon. The Tikar people are a relatively new, mixed population, historically expansionist. They submit to the traditional chieftaincy system, embedded within larger historical kingdoms. Their presence on Cameroonian soil has been attested since the 19th century.