Product
Description: Man
& Wife - Decorative Pair
(of Masks)
This pair would make a great gift for
a couple. Expertly crafted with simple lines and curves. Colored
with earth tones and inviting expressions.
Age: approximately 10+
years.
Tribal
History: Tikar People
The grassland region, in south-west Cameroon
, is hilly and mountainous area covered by an equatorial forest
in the south and a savannah in the north. Politically, the
area is divided into numerous small independent kingdoms and
chiefdoms, whose powers are counterbalanced by male and female
societies. Since the colonization by the Germans in 1884,
this entire region, in particular the Bamileke, Bamun and
The Tikar territories, has attracted the attent of Western
scholoars because of the artistic hertiage. The Tikar area
is occupied by around 250,000 people who speak different languages,
but yet claim common ancestors. It is divided into tow main
geopgraphical sub groups - the first includes village-dwelling
people who live in round huts covered by conical roofs and
whose artistic output is largely associated with 19th-century
bronze pipes. The second sub-group occupies the north-west
highlands and they predominantly carve statues and masks.
Availability: Usually
ships in 3-4 business days.
$225.00
*This
item is ONE OF A KIND! Once ordered it is removed from
our inventory listings.
The antique masks in our collection
are all one of a kind, with a circa. of twenty to forty
plus years and once shipped their listings are immediately
taken from our website!
Each shipped art piece (from our
in-house inventory) includes a customized informational
index card, complete with the tribal and regional history
of the piece.
Product descriptions adapted from similar
ones in The
Tribal Arts of Africa written by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart