Canoe paddle · Cameroon, Duala · ID: 3042808
sold
EUR 325
Provenance
Old German Collection (according to Umlauff a friend of Büttikover)Johann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany
Fritz Aurich, Berlin, Germany (1954)
German Private Collection
The provenance is documented by an original letter Umlauff wrote to F. Aurich in 1954.
Size
L: 121,5 cm
L: 47.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, original painting (according to Umlauff) in bright indigo blue, green and white paint, different motifs on each side, crack (tip), abrasion of paint
The object Canoe paddle with the object ID 3042808 was part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction on March 10, 2018. The object with the lot number 355 achieved a sales price of EUR 325 with an asking price of EUR 300.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0150580