Equestrian · Cameroon, Kotoko · ID: 3035114
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
colleted in situ (1975)Size
H: 4,5 cm
L: 4 cm
H: 1.8 inch
L: 1.6 inch
Description
brass, stylized form, leather band, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
numbering about 100000 people, the Kotoko have their settling area in the northermost edge of Cameroon and adjacent parts of Nigeria and Tchad. They are the followers of the Sao empire which ended in the 16th century who first mixed with the conquering Massa and finally were absorbed in the Kotoko people.
The object Equestrian with the object ID 3035114 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 442 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Chemeche, George, The Horse Rider in African Art, Suffolk 2011, p. 258