RARE BAMILEKE POTTERY
It represents a kind of carafe with a pouring spout with a “chimera” head.
THE Bamilékés are a people ofcentral Africa, living in the western region Cameroon in the “Bamiléké country”, a vast region of savannah Highlands volcanic of Grassland
They are, in spiritual matters, of great complexity. Their entire traditional religious organization is made up of initiation practices, meditations and rituals.
CAMEROON CIRCA 1990
Beautiful patina
length: 22 cm
width: 7.5 cm
This object comes from the collection of an Ardèche agricultural engineer from Vals les Bains
having spent his career in Central Africa between 1980 and 2000