Dance crest in shape of a bird
Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké
Vendu
2 600 €
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 7. Dezember 1984, lot 221Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 24 cm
L: 57 cm
H: 9.4 inch
L: 22.4 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, kaolin, helmet-shaped, wings in concentrical grooves, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, missing parts (tip of the right wing), acrylic base;
according to P. Harter to the Bamileke birds have a special connotation with death, connecting heaven and earth as two realms of the living and the dead.