Prestige bowl ·  Prairie Camerounaise · ID: 3033001

Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, black paint remains, ring-shaped open worked base, four stylized spiders as struts supporting the actual bowl with linear incisions, dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
the spider motif is widely spread in the Grassfields of Cameroon. The spider is a symbol for wisdom and plays an important role in truth telling.

Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 111, ill. 37