Mother with child · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3043645
sold
EUR 5,200
Provenance
Old American CollectionStewart J. Warkow, New York, USA
Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, disproportionate in size: the head of the sitting female overlarge/the head of the superimposed figure tiny in contrast, reminding of the head of a notable (headdress, inflated cheeks), female sexual characteristics especially accentuated, slightly dam., vertical crack (face of the female) spread with mass, rep. (breakages: right forearm/left thigh/wrist), base
The object Mother with child with the object ID 3043645 was part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction on March 10, 2018. The object with the lot number 348 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,200 with an asking price of EUR 3,800.
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AHDRC: 0150566