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Beaded Gorilla Mask With Wooden Headdress - Tribal ArtBeaded Palm Wine Vessel Topped With Animal Figure  -Beaded Ceremonial Dancing Cover For Queen Mother In
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Ripple Art Auction: Grassland Beads

Ripple Art Auctions presents you an auction of beaded art from the Cameroon Grasslands. All lots were collected between 1985 and 2005 and are in the state the collector acquired them. No restorations or cleaning has been done. Rulers throughout the many Kingdoms in the Cameroon Grassland region (Bamileke ?Bamum -Tikar) employed a range of Regalia to assert their political, economic and religious power. Presented publicly in lavish displays of wealth and power, many court objects were distinguished by their elaborate bead embroidery. Imported from Venice, Bohemia or Amsterdam, glass beads were considered a luxury material whose use and distribution were controlled by the King. The decoration of objects with vast quantities of brilliantly colored beads transformed utilitarian objects into symbols of royal status and prestige.
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Beaded Monkey Head - Tribal Art: This beaded monkey head has a striking realistic shape. It is decorated with small glass beads in and array of reds, blues and whites. Blue and red beads form a gorgeous triangular pattern that is
0003: Beaded Monkey Head - Tribal ArtEst. €845-€1,170Lot Passed
Beaded Flywhisk - Rooster - Tribal Art: The Royal Fly Whisks (ethnic names: see leng koko or beuka) used in dances are made of carved wood to which horse tails are attached. These tails are veritable war trophies cut from horses killed in
0007: Beaded Flywhisk - Rooster - Tribal ArtEst. €2,275-€3,150Lot Passed
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Beaded Ceremonial Dancing Cover For Queen Mother In: The skin, covered completely with red, white, black and blue glass beads, references stylistically to the animal: head with two fierce open eyes and the triangular moustache. This skin is worn only
0012: Beaded Ceremonial Dancing Cover For Queen Mother InEst. €7,605-€10,530
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Beaded Gorilla Mask With Wooden Headdress - Tribal Art: A beautiful gorilla mask fashioned from wood and covered with blue glass beads of varying sizes. The design of the mask is simplistic yet evocative. The open mouth lined with teeth carved out of the
0019: Beaded Gorilla Mask With Wooden Headdress - Tribal ArtEst. €2,535-€3,510
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