- Lot 95

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- Lot 95
Anthropomorphic drum Bamileke people Cameroon Late 19th - early 20th century Hard wood with a beautiful patina of use, kaolin, cloth, metal plate (reconstruction) H. 66 cm Provenance : Philippe Guimiot Collection, Brussels Max Itzikovitz Collection, Paris Rare anthropomorphic Bamileke drum. The standing statue with arms folded over the torso is very expressive, stylistically close to the famous mu'po. The chubby face still has kaolin marks. The body is hollowed out on the side to act as a sounding board for the instrument. The metal plate is a reconstruction. The whole shows a great apparent age and a patina from repeated use. Publication and exhibition : Marie-Thérèse Brincard, Sounding Forms, African Musical Instruments, 1989, P. 120 Fig. 52, (published without the metal plate), traveling exhibition: The National Museum of African Art, Washington; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Musée des Arts Africains et Océaniens, Paris
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