Palace door frame ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3031121

Description

wood, brown patina, camwood powder, kaolin, wooden boards, the lintel carved with three mask faces flanked by turtles, the jambs show spider and crocodile, arranged in pairs, drilled holes backside for attachment, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage (above all at the base)

Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 79