Small figure "mu po" · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3042215
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
German Private Collection, collected in situ (1972-1979)Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, various cavities for insertion of magical substances (drilled holes in head, forehead and mouth) and attached magical loading (cord with beetle pendant), slightly dam., minor missing parts (foot tips, head)
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, p. 192