Figural fragment of a throne · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3037221
sold
EUR 4,800
Provenance
Adam Koranyi, New Jersey, USA (acquired about 35 years ago)Size
H: 56 cm
H: 22.0 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 117