Receptacle with lid ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3024298

Description

wood, middle and dark brown patina, ring-shaped base, carved with a leopard, supporting a cylindrical receptacle, carved with floral ornaments in flat relief, bird figure as handle, slightly dam., rest.

The object Receptacle with lid with the object ID 3024298 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 355 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.

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Comparing literature

Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, p. 272