Head sculpture · Cameroun, Tikar · ID: 3038929
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Provenance
Rousselot, Paris, France (collected in 1927)Description
wood, polychrome paint, incised decor, ears situated directly aside the eyes, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Tikar first were explored by the Thorbecke expedition in 1911/12. Their art is very special, especially their life-sized headcrests with cuffs of plant fibres are unique within the Cameroon Grassfields.
Probably symbolizing a founding ancestor of the royal lineage.
Littérature comparée
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 287 Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 171, ill. 104