Post · Cameroun, Bangoua · ID: 3040665
Description
wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, carved with two janus heads, rhomb-shaped piercing in the middle, min. dam., cracks , missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, base;
these posts are used to define the restricted area where the ceremonies of the night society were held. Many of the objects collected from the northwestern Bangwa group show the same traces of soot from having been stored in the roof space of dwellings.
L’objet Post avec l’ID d’objet 3040665 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 83rd Tribal Art Auction dans 28 mai 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 346 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Fagg, William, African Majesty from Grassland and Forest, Ontario 1981, p. 69, ill. 24