A Superb, Rare and Highly Important Bamum Headcrest, Cameroon tungunga, rising from a slightly curved circular neck, the human face with voluminous chin, blown cheeks, bulbous eyes with coffee-bean irises bisected by a tubular nose and below arched brows, flanked by two hemispherical ears, the whole surmounted by a dramatically backswept bilobed bonnet; at the bottom 'Vlaminck' in brown ink on old printed label (illegible) and 'Vlaminck' in brown ink on the wood; fine, partially lustrous, varied brown patina with splashes of 20th century oil paint on the right cheek and the reverse of the head. height 20 1/4 in. 51.5 cm
A Superb, Rare and Highly Important Bamum Headcrest, Cameroon tungunga, rising from a slightly curved circular neck, the human face with voluminous chin, blown cheeks, bulbous eyes with coffee-bean irises bisected by a tubular nose and below arched brows, flanked by two hemispherical ears, the whole surmounted by a dramatically backswept bilobed bonnet; at the bottom 'Vlaminck' in brown ink on old printed label (illegible) and 'Vlaminck' in brown ink on the wood; fine, partially lustrous, varied brown patina with splashes of 20th century oil paint on the right cheek and the reverse of the head. height 20 1/4 in. 51.5 cm
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