Protective figure

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum

Price EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

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.

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

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