Rare form of a beaded dance crest · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3043138
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
British Private Collection
Description
raffia splints, cloth, colourful miniature glass beads (red, turquoise, black, white) in various forms and sizes, original cord material, cowrie shells, helmet-shaped crest in composite form: large elephant ears and slender tusks combined with the mighty beak of a hornbill, embroidered with beaded strings, arranged in geometrical patterns, a heavy object inserted into the crest (not identifiable because closed at the bottom), dried banana leaves for stuffing (beak) and cushioning (underside/headcrest), cloth bands for fixing, slightly dam., beaded strings partly dissolved, right ear and fabric band loose, traces of old age (cloth)
The object Rare form of a beaded dance crest with the object ID 3043138 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 336 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,200.
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Publications
Ross, Doran H. (ed.), Elephant, Los Angeles 1992, p. 249, ill. 11-28.