A Cameroon Grassfields figure

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

standing on bent muscular legs, the rounded abdomen with protruding navel and bent arms held to the front, the spherical head with jutting chin and softly worn features; '785' on the base; fine encrusted and varied dark brown patina.

Provenance

Reportedly from a German Collection
Reynold C. Kerr, Amsterdam, March 6, 1979

Catalogue Note

Cf. Anderson and Kreamer (1989: 132, figure 100) for a closely related example.