Artist
Unknown African
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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Unknown African
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449
Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Unknown African
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
Unknown African
1930–1970
Wood, ivory, and traces of tukula
91.1477
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Unknown African
1900–1925
Wood and traces of tukula
91.1450.A,.B