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Lot 78
Rare Bamileke Palm Butter Container, Grassfields, Cameroon
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$3,000 - US$5,000
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Rare Bamileke Palm Butter Container, Grassfields, Cameroon
Wood, ritual patina
Height 19in (48.cm)
Provenance
French Private Collection
Private Collection, United States
The deeply carved round container with incised decoration, set on a round, openwork base, the lid carved with a lizard-like reptile on top; rich, dark brown/black patina with wear indicative of use as a palm butter container.
Cf. Page, Donna & Leonard Kahan, A Cameroon World, QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, 2007, p. 132, cat. no. 78
Height 19in (48.cm)
Provenance
French Private Collection
Private Collection, United States
The deeply carved round container with incised decoration, set on a round, openwork base, the lid carved with a lizard-like reptile on top; rich, dark brown/black patina with wear indicative of use as a palm butter container.
Cf. Page, Donna & Leonard Kahan, A Cameroon World, QCC Art Gallery, The City University of New York, 2007, p. 132, cat. no. 78














