Auction 107
Zemanek-Münster
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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Lot 322
Auction 105

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

Sold EUR 1,500
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

wood,

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 last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 322 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

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

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