Object Number | 29-94-23 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bamileke |
Provenience | Cameroon | Grasslands |
Date Made | Late 19th–Early 20th century CE |
Section | African |
Materials | Elephant Ivory |
Technique | Carved |
Description | For style of carving, especially elephant's heads, combination of realistic elements into decoartive patterns, trellis designs, etc., see P. Germann, Das plastische Kunstgewerbe im Graslande von Kamerun, Leipzig, 1911, especially figs. 27, 28, 37, 38, 48, 49, and 60. |
Length | 194 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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