Zemanek-Münster

Anthropomorphic dance crest

Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
not available anymore
Provenance
collected in situ (1971-1975)
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wooden core, coated with blackened animal skin, arms and legs carved separately, inserted teeth, burled scarification marks, real hair coiffure, disc-shaped wickerwork base, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Arts d' Afrique noire 67 (1988), p. 24, ill. 7

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