Bowl/Lamp · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3043918
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, GermanySize
H: 16 cm
D: 20 cm
H: 6.3 inch
D: 7.9 inch
Description
terracotta, dark brown coating,
Dual function: this container served as a night lamp as well. A wick would be floated in the palm oil and its open end pushed through the spout.
The object Bowl/Lamp with the object ID 3043918 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 123 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, p. 270