A FINE AND UNUSUAL HAMPATONG, carved as a mother with the head turned, a writhing child on the left knee, right arm missing, much erosion

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A FINE AND UNUSUAL HAMPATONG, carved as a mother with the head turned, a writhing child on the left knee, right arm missing, much erosion
1m.38cm. high

Lot Essay

The animation of the vigorous forms in the carving of this post are rarely found in this type of art and may indicate that it is from a tribal group from whom few posts have been collected: it conveys the dynamism that is found in the best carvings from Cameroon

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