Female ancestor figure with calabash · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3032170
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Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, black paint, voluminous forms, tribe-typical facial features, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks;
carved human figures - frequently in pairs of male/female - are characteristic in Cameroon Grassfield art. They represent royal memorial figures of important family (lineage) heads and title-holders, as well as royal retainers of the king.
The object Female ancestor figure with calabash with the object ID 3032170 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 114.
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