Female pair of figures ·  Cameroon, Bangwa · ID: 3023438

Description

wood, brown patina, traces of black paint, with tapering knees rising from short legs, supporting stocky trunks with short arms, both hands incised, crowned by pear-shaped heads with round cheeks and castanet-eyes, dam., minor missing parts (nose, chin, foot tips), cracks, traces of insect caused damage (backside), rep. (right foot of one of the figures), abrasion, ;
presumaby depicting two pregnant women.

The object Female pair of figures with the object ID 3023438 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014, lot number 418 at that time and is currently available for EUR 500 in Open sale.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Museum Rietberg, Zürich, 2008, p. 195