SUPERB 45" BAMILEKE BEADED FIGURE/SEAT CAMEROON, AFRICA

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SUPERB 45" BAMILEKE BEADED FIGURE/SEAT CAMEROON, AFRICA

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Sold Date: 02/10/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

We have recently moved from a large house in Ann Arbor, Michigan to a much smaller house in London, England. Since our new house does not have room to display our large ethnographic art collection, many items are in storage in Ann Arbor. Most of this art (African and Himalayan) will be put on Ebay in the next several weeks. We have been collecting since the 1950s so that many pieces are at least 50 years old. They are all guaranteed to be authentic; some have been deaccessioned from major museums, others were purchased from leading galleries such as the HAMILL GALLERY OF AFRICAN ART in Boston. All of the starting prices are less than half of gallery prices-check it! THESE ARE THE LAST 5 PIECES OF THIS GROUP LEFT.
This very spectacular piece, layered with thousands of colorful beads (see figure 5 closeup), is from the Bamileke region of the Cameroon grasslands of western Africa. It is a special chair for a member of the royal family only brought out on special occasions. Like my another pieces currently on Ebay it is from my family collection: I've never seen anything like it on Ebay or a museum for that matter. The figure/seat is 45 inches tall (almost 4 feet), 9-1/2 inches wide, and 19 inches deep. The male figure wearing a stripped design suit is holding what appears to be a container or a wand. Note the bull with horns that makes up the bottom of the checkerboard patterned seat. A bull in this society is a recognized power figure appropriate for a tribal king. This would be a very important addition to anyone's good African ethnographic collection
ESTIMATED VALUE = $1500 IMPORTANT NOTE, SEE S/H INFORMATION BELOW.
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