Bird dance crest · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3039129
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Size
H: 18,5 cm
L: 46 cm
H: 7.3 inch
L: 18.1 inch
Description
heavy wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of insect caused damage (bottom);
according to P. Harter to the Bamileke birds have a special connotation with death, connecting heaven and earth as two realms of the living and the dead.