Prestige Bowl · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3044611
sold
EUR 330
Provenance
Mary Bert Gutman, Pennsylvania, USASize
H: 30 cm
D: 21 cm
H: 11.8 inch
D: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, encrusted reddish-brown patina, camwood powder,
These smaller wooden vessels were usually used for storing camwood powder, which was said to have a protective effect and with which people smeared on their bodies for a variety of occasions. In the larger vessels, meat prepared in palm oil was served, especially for special guests.
The object Prestige Bowl with the object ID 3044611 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 220 achieved a sales price of EUR 330.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 246 ff.