Headpiece of a royal flywhisk · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3041979
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Gi Mateusen, Turnhout, BelgiumSize
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, animal skin, brass sheet, traces of corrosion, minor missing parts, open seam, base
This insignia of office is unusual in its integration of a human representation. The finial is a representation of a Fon, identified by the male royal hairdress. For a comparable piece see Northern, 1984, p. 132.
The object Headpiece of a royal flywhisk with the object ID 3041979 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 197 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 132, ill. 64