Zemanek-Münster
Rare form of a beaded dance crest
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Lot 336
87th Tribal Art Auction

Rare form of a beaded dance crest

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
sold EUR 4,200
Provenance
May Weber Museum of Cultural Arts, Chicago, USA
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain
British Private Collection
Size
H: 27 cm
L: 61 cm
H: 10.6 inch
L: 24.0 inch

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)

Publications

Ross, Doran H. (ed.), Elephant, Los Angeles 1992, p. 249, ill. 11-28.
Africa

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