Zemanek-Münster

Small head

Cameroon, Yabassi
sold EUR 3,800
Provenance
Carl Franz Bally (died 1899)
Eduard Bally-Prior, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Bally Museum, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
René David, Zurich, Switzerland
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 12,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch

Description

light brown wood, matt brown patina, black paint remains, a head rising from a round base, eyebrows and nose forming a T-shaped zone, rectangular deepened mouth with long teeth, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
was used in death cult.


Comparing literature

Göbel, Peter, Holzplastik aus Afrika, Berlin 1990, p. 55 f.

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