Unknown African
Royal Palace Posts and Lintel

CultureCameroon peoples
Titles
  • Royal Palace Posts and Lintel
Date1875–1925
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumWood with traces of camwood and chalk
DimensionsOverall (Assembled): 88 1/2 × 102 × 8 in. (224.8 × 259.1 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation, Drs. Ellin and Robert G. Grossman; Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long; Peter and Frances Marzio; Frank Carroll; Alfred C. Glassell, III; Dr. and Mrs. Edward Fred Heyne; George S. Heyer, Jr.; Marjorie G. Horning; Katharine Prentis Murphy in memory of Miss Ima Hogg, by exchange; and the estate of Robert H. Wilson, Jr.
Object number2004.1232.A-.E
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceN'Kambe Village Complex, Nbu Sub Division, North West Provence, Cameroon; collected in Cameroon by Charles Davis, 2002; [Davis Gallery, New Orleans, 2002–2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.

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1940–1960
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1900–1950
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1865–1900
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1850–1970
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1850–1970
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1900–1925
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1900–1950
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