Rare anthropo-zoomorphic headdress · Cameroon, Basa · ID: 3051050
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Andreas Schaller, Postbauer, GermanyKellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium (“HKB2811”)
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch
Description
light-weight wood, pigment, rest.
The Basa are a small ethnic group with its homeland to the east of the Balong in southwestern Cameroon between Douala and their main town Yabassi. Only a few artworks are known from the Basa (according to Schädler, Munich 2009, p. 79).
The object Rare anthropo-zoomorphic headdress with the object ID 3051050 was part of the auction Auction 104 on April 12, 2025. The object with the lot number 334 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 79