Prestige bowl ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3033001

Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, black paint remains, ring-shaped open worked base, four stylized spiders as struts supporting the actual bowl with linear incisions, dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
the spider motif is widely spread in the Grassfields of Cameroon. The spider is a symbol for wisdom and plays an important role in truth telling.

The object Prestige bowl with the object ID 3033001 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 232 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 111, ill. 37