Female ancestor figure with calabash ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3038334

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 3038334 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 338 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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