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Protective figure, Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum, Size: H: 26 cm (H: 10.2 inch), ID: 3045973
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3045973
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Protective figure ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3045973

Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Request
Provenance
Swiss Collection
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, base

Such figures were placed next to beds, on front doors and in vestibules and were intended to ward off evil forces.

Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 144, Kat. 27

Africa
Figures

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