Standing male figure · Cameroon Grassfields, Babete · ID: 3036627
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