Standing female figure · Cameroon Grassfields, Bangwa/Bamileke · ID: 3041774
sold
EUR 7,500
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, GermanyWalter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (ca. 1970)
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, sacrifical traces, remains of real hair, with bulging belly, expressive facial features with open mouth, rectangular cavity on the backside, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts (right foot tip), slight traces of abrasion
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3041774 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 51 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,500 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Kamerun, Kunst der Könige, Zürich 2008, ill. 62
Publications
AHDRC: 0141988