Head sculpture · Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3038929

Name: Head sculpture
SKU: 3038929
Availability: Discontinued

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Provenance

Rousselot, Paris, France (collected in 1927)

Size

H: 52 cm

H: 20.5 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, incised decor, ears situated directly aside the eyes, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, 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.
Probably symbolizing a founding ancestor of the royal lineage.

The object Head sculpture with the object ID 3038929 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 384.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 287 Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 171, ill. 104

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