Figural fragment of a throne ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3037221

Description

wood, matt dark brown patina, prominent facial features: eyes in deep hollows framed by curved brows, striking when looking at the figure in profile: the neck describing a curved line, a fan-like projecting coiffure, slightly dam., both arms missing, hands at the hips just preserved in parts, both foot tips missing, base;
a work of the artist Ndam nji Mare from the village of Makoutam; presumably once part of stool, forming a kind of backrest. Stools were the foremost prestige objects.

The object Figural fragment of a throne with the object ID 3037221 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 409 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,800.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 117