Standing male figure · Cameroun, Kaka · ID: 3034308
Description
wood, brown encrusted soot patina, faceless head with pointed chin, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the Kaka are a small ethnic group of around 18000 people, living in the western Cameroon, along the Donga River and are related to their southern Tikar neighbours, with whom they share certain customs. The present figure is an ancestor effigy, for ancestor veneration has a place of prime importance for them. It is supervised by “wantop”, one of the members of the chieftains counsel, within the framework of the liturgies of the “mbir” male secret society. Through the great Kaka works, we can see one of the centers of the great African expressionist movement that extends from the Bénué to the Cameroonian Grassfield.
L’objet Standing male figure avec l’ID d’objet 3034308 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 72nd tribal art auction dans 9 mars 2013. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 396 a atteint un prix de vente de 16 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 2 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 208