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LOT 2385
African Wooden Fertility Figure
BAMILEKE TRIBE, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
25 5/8 in. (1.43 kg, 65 cm).
Carved in the round naked female with knees flexed standing on a grotesque male head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Cameroon, Central Africa.
From the estate of Dr J Bynon.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
This is a carved wooden tribal figure, part of the door frame of the Chief's house, from the Bamileke tribe. A large number of prestigious items of paraphernalia were produced within the Grassland area, including large house-posts, door and window frames carved with human and animal figures, thrones, stools and tables decorated with small heads and figures, large bowls, carved horns for royal feasts, anthropomorphic terracotta and bronze pipes.
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