Mask - Cameroon (No reserve price)

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In African art, certain ethnic groups in Cameroon stand out in Bronze art.

Thus this Tikar dignitary's stool.

The highly worked seat rests on a caryatid base of five figures standing on a mask.

The tribes that live in the Grasslands, in the Northwest of Cameroon, are part of the Tikar peoples, spread across several independent kingdoms within the Bafut kingdom. The structure of the kingdom consists of a large chieftaincy subdivided into quarters: the residences of queens, children, and notables.

The notables make up the hierarchy of the chieftaincy.


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In African art, certain ethnic groups in Cameroon stand out in Bronze art.

Thus this Tikar dignitary's stool.

The highly worked seat rests on a caryatid base of five figures standing on a mask.

The tribes that live in the Grasslands, in the Northwest of Cameroon, are part of the Tikar peoples, spread across several independent kingdoms within the Bafut kingdom. The structure of the kingdom consists of a large chieftaincy subdivided into quarters: the residences of queens, children, and notables.

The notables make up the hierarchy of the chieftaincy.


Bamoun

Details

Era
After 2000
No. of items
1
Material
Bronze
Country of Origin
Cameroon
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
42 cm
Width
29 cm
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Objects sold
92.05%
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