Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 17th September 2024

Lot 239

A pair of Cameroon house posts

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £2016

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Description

A pair of Cameroon house posts
each carved with five heads having open mouths and eliptical eyes, with tapered bases and remains of black and red pigment,
223.5cm and 224cm high. (2)

Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler Collection.
Christie's, New York, The Karl-Ferdinand Schädler Collection of African Art, 13 November 1985, lot 191A.
Tom Phillips Collection, London.