Zemanek-Münster

Standing male figure

Cameroon Grassfields, Babete
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Karl Tietje, Verden, Germany, working for John Holt & Co. in Kamerun and Southwest Africa (before 1920)
Sotheby’s, New York, May 15, 2003, lot 106
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Description

light brown wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, slightly asymmetrical form, high headgear, truncated at the back, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

Krieger, Kurt, Westafrikanische Plastik, Bd. III., Berlin 1969, ill. 61

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