Zemanek-Münster

Rare form of a beaded dance crest ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3043138

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)


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.


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