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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)

SOLD

 
 

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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