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Passport mask – Bronze – Tikar – Cameroon

 75,00

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SKU: 25.91 Category: Tags: , ,
Description
Beautiful bronze pasport mask from the Tikar tribe of Cameroon. The mask is created by the lost wax technique. This work begins by modeling a wax sculpture; then, one makes a mold of the sculpture by slightly coating it with refractory material: The Banko. After drying, the whole is heated, the wax melts and flows through the “empty” mold that is provided and arranged for this purpose. At the right moment, the empty wax mold is filled with liquid metal. The wax and bronze transformation is complete. After solidification and cooling of the bronze (brass by Western standards), the mold is broken to extract the sculpture. After which a long and elaborate work follows.
OBJECT

Passport mask
ETHNIC GROUP/ CULTURE

Tikar
REGION/ COUNTRY
Cameroon
MATERIAL

Bronze
CONDITION

Good
SOLD WITH STAND

No
DIMENSIONS

11×9×3 cm
WEIGHT

200 g
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