Bangwa

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Ancestor statue - Wood - Bamileke - Cameroon

Ethnic group: bangwacommemorative figurine of a bangwa king, region of the western high plateau, cameroon rare bangwa figurine representing a masculine character sitting on a stool, an elbow laying on the knees and a hand holding the faceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeve begalli collection, grenoble, acquired inprovenance: former french ndimensions: height 65 cmcountry: camerooncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe figure is wearing classic royal attributes, a large number of carved necklaces and braceletsthe mouth is open, the protruding almond-shaped eyes have hemmed eyelids, the hairdo is composed of a bun with four lobestraces of erosionperiod: early 20th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery ancient, dark and crusty patina, shiny on the reliefs, as a result of sacrificial libationsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimaterial(s): wood

314 €

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