Small male power figure "mu po" · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3042003
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Provenance
Pierre Harter, Paris, France (collected in situ 1960s)Swiss Collection
Size
H: 10,5 cm
H: 4.1 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, elaborately carved (facial features, coiffure and body), drilled hole in the back, dam., right side of the body “scraped”, metal base
The object Small male power figure “mu po” with the object ID 3042003 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 315.
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