Zemanek-Münster

Pair of figures

Cameroon, Tikar
sold EUR 300
Size
H: 39,5 cm & 42 cm
H: 15.6 inch & 16.5 inch

Description

wood,
Gebauer (1979) and Fagg (1981) already found these figures to be early commissioned works for Western customers.

The figures are an example of “transitional art”, the attempt to transform traditional art forms into marketable trade goods.


Comparing literature

Zemanek, David, Transitionale Kunst der Tikar aus Kamerun, BoD, Norderstedt 2021

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