Headdress with puppet figure · Cameroon, Upper Cross River, Anyang · ID: 3048691
sold
EUR 3,600
Provenance
Pierre Langlois, Paris, FranceBaudouin de Grunne, Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium (2009)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 369
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, animal skin, red pigment, minor missing parts (animal skin, wooden pegs), base
The Anyang are a small ethnic group living in the western area of the Cameroon Grassfields, east of the Boki along the northern banks of the Cross River. Their dance crests are similar to those in the rest of the Crossriver area.
The object Headdress with puppet figure with the object ID 3048691 was part of the auction 98th Auction on March 26, 2022. The object with the lot number 77 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,600 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.
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AHDRC: 0090461