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Posts with human sculptures

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"Large post with three figures standing on top of each other. Etun-Yaunde." The unusual locker with European furniture lock is not mentioned here. Shows faint traces of white, red and green painting.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Beti
Object type
Posts with human sculptures
Dimensions
Height: 287,5 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Width: 30 cm
Weight: 26 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 33207 <1>

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    Yaoundé (Yaoundé)
    Yaoundé
    who
    Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
    Etun (Eton, Ntoni)
    Beti
  • Collecting
    who
    Arthur Max Heinrich Speyer (1894-07-16 - 1958-02-11) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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