Head sculpture ·  Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3032952

Description

wood, dark brown patina, pigment remains, long neck with a collar of inserted wooden plugs, face with raised contour and diadem-like disc-shaped headdress, min. dam., cracks, missing parts through insect caused damage, on wooden base;
the Tikar first were explored by the Thorbecke expedition in 1911/12. Their art is very special, especially their life-sized headcrests with cuffs of plant fibres are unique within the Cameroon Grassfields.

The object Head sculpture with the object ID 3032952 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 369.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 287