Null BAMILEKE CAMEROUN
Calabash covered with braided beading
Size: 40 cm

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BAMILEKE CAMEROUN Calabash covered with braided beading Size: 40 cm

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BAMILEKE CAMEROUN Calabash covered with braided beading Size: 40 cm

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Starting price 45 EUR

CAMEROON, Banque des Etats de l' Afrique Centrale - BILL: 10 000 FRANCS type 1994. Building, Central Bank headquarters and head of young girl with braided hair. Reverse: fishing scenes, fish, pirogues and fishermen. - NEW

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Set of 3 masks: Guéré face mask (Ivory Coast), Bamiléké face mask (Cameroon), a Mama-kantana crest (Nigeria). Wood, metal, old patinas. H 30 cm, 33 cm and 59 cm.

Estim. 550 - 650 EUR

Male fertility deity. Sculpture in carved and polychrome wood, Bamileke ethnicity, Cameroon, fles. of XIX-ppios. of XX century. 66 x 25 x 20 cm.

Carved wooden figure. Bamileke culture. Cameroon. She is represented standing, with a dagger at her waist, a pectoral and a face with a long striated beard, open mouth and coffee bean eyes. It is a piece that commemorates a king, as demonstrated by the bracelets and his attire, exclusive signs of royalty. The royal Bamun statuary featured voluminous faces and bellies like that of this figure, which suggested the power and abundance of the royal figure. 20th century. 57cm high

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