Prestige bowl · Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3033001
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
European Private CollectionSize
H: 24 cm
D: 17,5 cm
H: 9.4 inch
D: 6.9 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 111, ill. 37