Oil Lamp
Tikar · Cameroon
Reference: 137
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- Height
- 18 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Ovoid-shaped lamp made of baked clay intended to illuminate the interior of the huts when there is no fire on.It has representation of anthropomorphic dancing characters.…
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Full original description
Ovoid-shaped lamp made of baked clay intended to illuminate the interior of the huts when there is no fire on.It has representation of anthropomorphic dancing characters. It comes from northern Cameroon.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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