Tikar Cameroun Bronze Male Statue 14 X 4" X 2 ″ African Art Deco For Sale

This beautifully hand-made Tikar bronze statue depicts a male figure with zoomorphic features and long fingers. He has spiral scarification on his torso. The grassland region, in south-west Cameroon, is a hilly and mountainous area covered by an equatorial forest in the south and a savannah in the north. Politically, the area is divided into numerous small independent kingdoms and chiefdoms, whose powers are counterbalanced by male and female societies. Since its colonization by the Germans in 1884, this entire region” (which includes the) “Tikar territories, has attracted the attention of Western scholars. because of its artistic heritage. The Tikar area is occupied by around 250,000 people who speak different languages but yet claim common ancestors. It is divided into two main geographical sub-groups – the first includes village-dwelling people who live in round huts covered by conical roofs and whose artistic output is largely associated with 19th-century bronze pipes. The second sub-group occupies the north-west highlands and they predominantly carve statues and masks. The statue measures 11 inches tall,4 inches wide and 2 inches thick. There is some corrosion and wear and tear throughout – please inspect the photos and the pictures are exact representations of the item.

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