Large female figure with horned mask · Cameroon, Fang · ID: 3053471
Starting price
EUR 15,000
Estimated price
EUR 20,000
Provenance
collected in situ by a German colonial officer (around 1880/90)The object stayed in the family until 2002
E. Döppenschmidt, Pforzheim, Germany
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 139,5 cm
H: 54.9 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
Once part of a pair of figures (photographically documented); very rare!
Comparing literature
Lecoq, Raymond, L'Art au Cameroun, in: Tropiques, No. 327, Paris, December 1950, p. 45
Publications
AHDRC: 0044908 (right figure)