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Traditional African Art Mask For Sale / Ultimate Traditional Designs

Traditional African Art Mask . The head mask, is an artifact curved out of hard wood Azobe and designed with a cock-like semi cycle above it. It has a nose, ears, eyes and mouth, in fact like a human face. It is used in Cameroon for traditional dances and rituals, like wise it is also use for decoration. This mask carries African values, where every it is found it signifies our culture.

Origin Traditional African Art Mask

Traditional African Mask original for sale, Cameroon grasslands helmet mask form the kingdom of Kom. The grasslands is a large area in central Cameroon and is home to the Bamileke, Bamun and Tikar peoples.

Reverence  is paid to ancestors and often to the skulls of the deceased, this is the origins of the helment masks found within grasslands cultures. Owing to the cultural complexity of this region it is not always easy to identify the specific region from which a mask originates.

Specification Bamileke Stool

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