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.

Product descriptions adapted from similar ones in The Tribal Arts of Africa written by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart

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