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Memorial figure of King Fosia
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Figure depicting King Fosia Form: A male figure with a drinking horn in his right hand Colour: Black Condition: Good Entry in the main historical catalogue: " "forsia". Wooden figure, holding a horn in his right hand and a tobacco pipe in his left."

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamileke (Bamiléké)
Object type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 87,5 cm
Width: 23,5 cm
Depth: 24 cm
Weight: 4,3 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Encrusted patina
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10514

Provenance and sources

when
19th century (2nd half of the)
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Bangwa
Bamileke (Bamiléké)
who
Gustav Conrau (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@c84f8f6 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@5dea72a5) - Collectors
Description
Purchase from G. Conrau 1899

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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