Figure debout "mu po" · Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3042590
Christie’s, London, 16 October 1979, lot 112
Christie’s, London, 24 March 1988, lot 213
Bonhams, London, 21 August 2000, lot 94
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 March 2011, lot 294
Description
wood, dark brown patina overall with some glossy areas, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing part (left foot tip), wooden base.
Egerton spent several months in Cameroon as a guest of King N’jike II of Bangangte. In 1938 Egerton published a record of his stay, where he wrote: “People came from the country round about with things they hoped to sell to me, stools, masks, pipes and little figures used by sorcerers, of which I am making a collection”. Finally he acquired sixteen figures. His daughter, Mrs Morris Egerton Adams sold this collection in London at Christie’s in 1979.
L’objet Figure debout “mu po” avec l’ID d’objet 3042590 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 87e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 11 novembre 2017 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 334 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
F. Clement C. Egerton, "African Majesty, A Record of Refuge in the Court of the King of Bangangte in the French Cameroons", London 1938
Publications
AHDRC: 0010594