Expressive figure

Estimated Value:

600 € - 1.000 €

Result:

1.295 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Bamileke, Cameroon grassland
H 15,8 (18) cm
The dark brown wooden figure with redwood colouring is depicted with a strongly distended body and expressive facial expression. ÖOpenings in the area of the body and head. These expressive "Mu'po" figures often represented clinical pictures and stood by the traditional healer.
Collection of Helmut Zake (1918-1995), Heidelberg, German historian and founder of the Gesellschaft für Ethnologie und Stammeskunst, in family ownership through inheritance - Cracksand minor damages due to age, plinth

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