Rare anthropo-zoomorphic headdress, Cameroon, Basa, Size: H: 62 cm (H: 24.4 inch), ID: 3051050

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Lot 334

Rare anthropo-zoomorphic headdress · Cameroon, Basa · ID: 3051050

sold EUR 4,000

Provenance

Andreas Schaller, Postbauer, Germany
Kellim 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).

Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 79

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