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Place of Origin: Cameroonian
Very early Monocolor Bamileke Elephant Mask embroided with white trade beads.
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Kuosi Elephant masks comprise cloth panels and hoods woven from plantain fiber over raffia. On this background glass beads are stitched in geometric patterns. The basic form depicts salient features of the elephant—a long trunk and large ears. The hood fits tightly over the masker's head, and two hanging panels, one behind and one in front, partially conceal the body. The front panel is the elephant trunk, and the two large, stiff circles hinged to either side of the head are its ears, which flap as the masker dances. While the mask symbolizes an elephant, the face is human. Eyeholes provide visibility, and a nose and mouth with teeth are normally present. The glass beads used on these earlier masks were nineteenth-century trade beads of Venetian or Czechoslovakian manufacture, used as well in exchange for slaves. Elephant mask costumes...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beads, Organic Material
Decorative Grassland Leopard skin Mask, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
Decorative Grassland Leopard skin Mask
Private collection Brussels
The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colourful miniature glass beads in vario...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beads, Organic Material
1990s Pair of Wood And Shells Beaded Namji Dolls On Wood Bases
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1990s Pair of Wood And Shells Beaded Namji Dolls
Made with wood, beads and cowrie shells
Metal Earings
Some cracks in the shells on top of the head
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1990s Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Shell, Wood, Beads
Bamileke Old Anthropomorphic Trophy Head embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Old Anthropomorphic Trophy Head embroidered with European
Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon.
Private collection Brussels
Worn by chiefs and other notables on cerem...
Category
Early 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Beads
Mother and Child , Cameroon, Mabea, 1920-1930, Provenance R. Caillois-P.Ratton
Located in Leuven , BE
Standing Fang Mabea Maternity of Museum quality, holding a pestle with both her hands. The mother's head is slightly turned to the left, while the child, which she carries on her bac...
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1920s Vintage Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Wood
1990s Wood and Beaded Sculpture Of Woman - NAMJI Fertility Doll
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1990s Wood and Beaded Sculpture Of Woman - NAMJI Fertility Doll
Cowrie Shells
On wood base
Category
1990s Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Beads
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon.
Private collection Brussels
The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colou...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Beads
Bronze Figural Group Of African Royal Family On Carrier And Attendants, C. 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th century Bamoun Bronze sculpture. The art of bronze in african art at the service of the King.
The king, a bearded figure, a symbol of wisdom, sits in his carrier chair,...
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Early 20th Century Brutalist Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Bamum Decorative Wooden Ancestor Figure Embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamum Decorative Wooden Ancestor Figure embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People , Cameroon
Private collection Brussels
These commemorative statuettes ,representing a...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Wood, Beads
Bamileke Old Anthropomorphic Trophy Head Embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Old Anthropomorphic Trophy Head embroidered with European
Glass Beads, Grasslands People, and Cameroon.
Private collection Brussels
Worn by chiefs and other notables on cer...
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20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Wood, Beads
Bamileke Decorative Wooden Flute or Whistle embroidered with European Glass Bead
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Wooden Flute or Whistle embroidered with
European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon.
Private collection...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Wood, Beads
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon.
Private collection Brussels
The raffia splint is covered with cloth and c...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Beads, Burlap
African Namji Fertility Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Doted on like an actual child, this carved doll was once owned by a young girl among the Namji people of northwest Cameroon. Carted around by its owner wherever she went and lovingly...
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Mid-20th Century Tribal Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures
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Wood
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