Palace door frame · Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3036623
Vendu
1 200 €
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 49
Description
light brown wood, blackish brown patina, decorated in relief with four male figures arranged on top each other, their heads with deeply hollowed eye sockets and bare teeth reminding of human skulls, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
in almost all Grassfield kingdoms the palace is distinguished by carved pillars supporting the roof overhang, and an ensemble of jambs with lintels and sills framing the entrance of its facade.
Littérature comparée
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 79