FROM BAGAM

Details

A CAMEROON BRASS ELEPHANT
From Bagam
Standing on bent legs and four circular feet, circular ears, long trunk and curved tail
14cm high

Literature

Traditional African Metalworks, New York, 1977, p.12, fig.8

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Lot Essay

Another identical elephant collected by Fechtner in 1911 and now in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, is illustrated by Krieger, K., Westafrikanische Plastik III, Berlin, 1969, Pl.105. A chameleon of similar form was collected in Bagam by Glaunig in 1908.

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