A lot combining an engraved horn, probably an ancient call horn, decorated with a beautiful engraved zoomorphic motif characteristic of the ancient arts of the Bamileke chieftaincies, and an ancient eroded statuette, a rare representation of a bow holding his bow wearing a headdress and with a beautiful braid remaining on the side, probably a scepter top.
Bamileke, Cameroon, and Yoruba or Nago, Nigeria
Horn, wood and pigments, old erosions, visible missing parts, beautiful patina of use.
L. : 27 cm and H. : 33 cm
Provenance :
Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection.
Exhibition :
Pierre Bergé & Associés sale of June 13, 2010, lot 349 (for the Yoruba statuette only).
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