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Female “Tadep” Figure
Mambila people, Cameroon, d. early 20th c.
Carved and painted wood
14” h x 4.5” w x 4” d (35.56 h x 11.43 w x 10.16 d)
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REFERENCES
African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art
, Thursday 16 May 2013, Sotheby’s (New York, 2013), lot 118.
“Figure: Female (Tadep) | Mambila Peoples, Mbamnga Group.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Accessed July 26, 2020. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309806.
“Figure: Female (Tadep) | Mambila Peoples, Kaka Group.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Accessed July 26, 2020. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309814.
“Figure: Female (Tadep) | Mambila Peoples, Ntong or Kaka Group.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Accessed July 26, 2020. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309816.
“Figure: Female (Tadep) | Mambila Peoples, Tep Group.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed
July 26, 2020. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309809.
Gebauer, Paul.
Art of Cameroon
. Portland: The Portland Art Museum, 1979, figs. M22–3.
Northern, Tamara.
Expressions of Cameroon Art: The Franklin Collection.
Beverly Hills, CA:
Rembrandt Press, 1986, fig. 10.
Zeitlyn, David. “Mambila Figurines and Masquerades: Problems of Interpretation.”
African Arts
27,
no. 4 (1994): 38–47+94. Accessed August 3, 2020. doi:10.2307/3337317.
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