Quadruped · Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum · ID: 3042438
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Provenance
Hélène & Philippe Leloup, Paris, France (1980’s)Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)
Size
L: 36,5 cm
L: 14.4 inch
Description
wood, encrusted dark brown patina, probably depicting a hyaena or a wild dog with large teeth revealing snout, dam., missing parts (legs, tail), traces of abrasion, base
The object Quadruped with the object ID 3042438 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 349.
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Comparing literature
Harter, Pierre, Arts anciens du Cameroun, Arnouville 1986, p. 72, ill. 78