Architectural element · Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3036625
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Provenance
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920)Sotheby’s, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 111
Size
L: 87 cm
L: 34.3 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, of arching form, the plank supporting two stylized leopards flanking a globular head with an oval teeth-baring mouth, a square hole at the crown, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the leopard embodies certain attributes like speediness, survivability and aggressiveness which were transfered on the king. So he became the most important royal symbol, like an “alter ego” of the king.
The object Architectural element with the object ID 3036625 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 515.
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