Post · Cameroon, Bangwa · ID: 3040665
Description
wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, carved with two janus heads, rhomb-shaped piercing in the middle, min. dam., cracks , missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, base;
these posts are used to define the restricted area where the ceremonies of the night society were held. Many of the objects collected from the northwestern Bangwa group show the same traces of soot from having been stored in the roof space of dwellings.
The object Post with the object ID 3040665 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 346 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.
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Comparing literature
Fagg, William, African Majesty from Grassland and Forest, Ontario 1981, p. 69, ill. 24