BAMILEKE

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Travel Photographer of the Year 2011 – winning images
Winner – Best Single Image in a Cultures and Traditions portfolio: Tribal dancer, Bafut, Cameroon - Photo: Phillip Lee Harvey
Centuries Past
Cameroon, Grasslands, Bamileke Master of Bamendjo, 19th century museum rietberg
Commemorative Figure (Lefem) | Bamileke peoples | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Commemorative Figure (Lefem) - 19th–early 20th century, : Cameroon, Grassfields region, Bamileke peoples, Wood, organic matter, H. 38 x W. 13 x D. 11 1/2 in. - Each Bangwa chiefdom is led by the sacred person of the fon who is responsible for rites concerned with the well-being and fertility of both the land & his people. Bangwa chiefs commissioned representations of themselves as supremely commanding potentates. Artists strove to capture this degree of personification ...
Africa | 'Takah' mask from the Bamileke people of Cameroon | Wood | First half of the 19th century || Source ~ http://issuu.com/yahzoo/docs/african_art_-_maurice_delafosse
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Africa | Figural Palace Column from the Bamileke people of the Grassfields of Cameroon | ca. 1963 or earlier.
Sold at Auction: MU PO (POWER) FIGURE.
Cameroon, Africa, Bamileke. Carved wood figure of a standing male. 21"h. 8"w. 7"d.
Africa | Elephant mask from the Bali region of the Grassfields, Cameroon | Wood, textile and glass beads | ca. prior to 1930s
PHOTOGRAPHY, ANTIQUES ,AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART 2016-02-25 Auction - 502 Price Results - A.B. Levy's Palm Beach in FL
BAMILEKE PEOPLE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON