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Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273
Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 2/8 Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 3/8 Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 4/8 Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 5/8 Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 6/8 Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 7/8 Prestige chair, Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo, Size: H: 42,5 cm 82 cm (seat backrest) D: 51 cm (seat) (H: 16.7 inch 32.3 inch (seat backrest) D: 20.1 inch (seat)), ID: 3052273 - 8/8
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3052273
Open sale

Prestige chair ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo · ID: 3052273

Price
EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
British Collection
Size
H: 42,5 cm
82 cm (seat
backrest)
D: 51 cm (seat)
H: 16.7 inch
32.3 inch (seat
backrest)
D: 20.1 inch (seat)

Description

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This chair belongs to the genre of African “contact art”, it was modelled on a European armchair. The round shape of the typical Grasland prestige stool was retained and complemented by a backrest.

The object Prestige chair with the object ID 3052273 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025, lot number 322 at that time and is currently available for EUR 2,000 in Open sale.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon Art, Michigan 1986, p. 31

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