Prestige bowl
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47th tribal art auctionPrestige bowl
Cameroon
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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H: 9.3 inch | sold |
wood, dark, partly encrusted patina, circular base, open worked spider motif, the actual vessel decorated with rhomb-shaped ornaments;
probably this bowl was used to keep kola nuts.
Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon art, p. 36, ill. 24