Memorial figure of a titled wife ·  Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3033709

Description

wood, dark brown patina, holding a child in front of the body in a nearly naturalistic manner, traditional lozenge-shaped hair style, which is reserved for titled royal wives throughout the Grassfields, slightly dam. (mouth, nose), cracks, missing parts (half of the ring-shaped base, right leg of the child), traces of insect caused damage

The object Memorial figure of a titled wife with the object ID 3033709 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 339 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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