Pipe head, receptacle and backback ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3039625

Description

pipe head in shape of a crocodile, Bamum, l: 27,5 cm, terracotta with a red coating, minor missing parts (backbone); receptacle with lid, h: 23 cm, wood, blackish brown patina, incised decor, dam., minor missing parts; backback, h: 39,5 cm, leather, reddish brown, to both sides strengthened with wooden sticks, with sheath for knife, slightly dam.

The object Pipe head, receptacle and backback with the object ID 3039625 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 383 achieved a sales price of EUR 240.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 122, ill. 52