Large heavy wooden vessel, standing on flattened bottom, the surface of the body with relief carving of conventionalized continuous design, with openwork stand consisting of five human heads, carved in the round, resting on a ring base.

Collection type: Object
Description: Large heavy wooden vessel, standing on flattened bottom, the surface of the body with relief carving of conventionalized continuous design, with openwork stand consisting of five human heads, carved in the round, resting on a ring base.
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Bamenda
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 535 mm, Height: max 740 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1662 Other numbers: 508 1662

Search terms: Vessel, Figure

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