Sitting male figure "lekat" of the "kungan" society ·  Cameroon, Bangwa · ID: 3042074

Description

wood, brown patina, clay-like encrusted surface, big head with cap-like coiffure and unusual chin beard, free carved extremely angled limbs, the left hand up to the chin, slightly dam. (mouth, base of the stool), cracks, small traces of insect caused damage (right leg

The object Sitting male figure “lekat” of the “kungan” society with the object ID 3042074 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 323 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Harter, Pierre, Arts anciens du Cameroun, Arnouville 1986, p. 339