Cameroon Bamileke Ceremonial Elephant Beaded Headdress/Mask, Malian

Cameroon Bamileke Ceremonial Elephant Beaded Headdress/Mask, Cameroon Bamileke Ceremonial Elephant Beaded Headdress/Mask, worked on black woven fabric with circular mounted hat, large ears and trunk, trimmed in red with cut out eye holes, decorated overall with pale blue, yellow and white beads, the elephant was linked to royal authority and elite societies, and a Malian Bogolanfini Mud Cloth Panel, hand woven in narrow cotton strips depicting three figures hand applied in mud-dye, 170cm by 108cm, (2), Malian Bogolanfini Mud Cloth Panel Both items purchased in Cape Town from a specialist dealer in 2014 The Edward Crutchley Research Archive

Stima:€591.84

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