File:P4271408d detail Leather bound Buffalo Mask, Bamileke, Cameroon (10568301333).jpg
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It is carved from wood and is bound with old weathered and very hard cow leather nailed to the wood. The leather has cracked and worn and has a beautiful blackened and encrusted patina which i believe indicates extensive use over time. I collected it in the Cameroon Grassfields in 2009. It measures 83 x 30 x 22cm It comes with the custom built steel stand.
Among the zoomorphic masks of the Cameroon Grasslands, buffalo masks are considered the most powerful: 'symbols of force, of courage and of power', according to Harter (1986:44). In the Grasslands, just as amongst their neighbors, (Duala, Mama), the buffalo is a symbol of the chief. Therefore, according to Harter ( ibid.) the buffalo hunt was reserved only for the fon (king) in the Grasslands. Amongst the Bamum, the buffalo mask was the first to appear at the annual festival, nja, expressing ' solidarity, wealth and the social role of the Bamum' (Geary, 1984: 138-142). The buffalo helmet mask was worn by a nephew of the king, chosen as 'the preferred servant of the court' (ibid.). While buffalo masks are found throughout the entire Grasslands in Cameroon, few representations of buffalo are known from the Bamileke. According to Harter (1986 : 45), "Within the Bamiléké tribe, aside for the numerous masks representing horned anthropomorphic creatures meant for a portion of the ku n'gan society, the bovine masks are rare and, in general, unique to each tribe. The buffalo helmet served only for the one who represents the fon during the ngou dance ". .
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