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Fontem Bangwa Janus Night Society Staff, Cameroon
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesSold for US$7,040 inc. premium
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Fontem Bangwa Janus Night Society Staff, Cameroon
Wood, encrustations
Height 43 1/2in (110cm)
Provenance
Austin Newton Collection, Princeton, New Jersey
Carved at the top of a long staff, the two heads joined at the back and sharing a knotted bun coiffure, each with exaggerated expressions most routinely found in Bangwa Night Society masks with intense, circular eyes housed in large orbital cavities, broad noses and full cheeks with open mouths revealing serrated teeth; fine dark brown encrusted patina.
Height 43 1/2in (110cm)
Provenance
Austin Newton Collection, Princeton, New Jersey
Carved at the top of a long staff, the two heads joined at the back and sharing a knotted bun coiffure, each with exaggerated expressions most routinely found in Bangwa Night Society masks with intense, circular eyes housed in large orbital cavities, broad noses and full cheeks with open mouths revealing serrated teeth; fine dark brown encrusted patina.














