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<p>[QUOTE="D'Manchago, post: 11699913, member: 97789"]<a href="https://www.galerie-artculture6.com/produit/442906-bamoun_statuette_en_os_de_gnou_f_tiche_cameroun_cm_afrique_animisme_animiste" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.galerie-artculture6.com/produit/442906-bamoun_statuette_en_os_de_gnou_f_tiche_cameroun_cm_afrique_animisme_animiste" rel="nofollow">https://www.galerie-artculture6.com/produit/442906-bamoun_statuette_en_os_de_gnou_f_tiche_cameroun_cm_afrique_animisme_animiste</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the same large bone and similar hashed patterns on the body , from the bamum / bamun people of western Cameroon . (Same ones that had a Eurocentric monarch in the 19th century and as such produced many curious cultural things) </p><p>It is a much more intricate carvings , . But similar concept but these idols are all over West Africa in many cultures </p><p>Here another listed as Akan </p><p><a href="https://puces-privees.com/vitrine/vitrine-de-sylvia-goujon,2299/statuette-traditionnelle-akan-en-os,15253" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://puces-privees.com/vitrine/vitrine-de-sylvia-goujon,2299/statuette-traditionnelle-akan-en-os,15253" rel="nofollow">https://puces-privees.com/vitrine/vitrine-de-sylvia-goujon,2299/statuette-traditionnelle-akan-en-os,15253</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I feel more towards Akan, bamum carving is much more detailed, as is shown in the bamum idol in the link.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="D'Manchago, post: 11699913, member: 97789"][URL]https://www.galerie-artculture6.com/produit/442906-bamoun_statuette_en_os_de_gnou_f_tiche_cameroun_cm_afrique_animisme_animiste[/URL] Here is the same large bone and similar hashed patterns on the body , from the bamum / bamun people of western Cameroon . (Same ones that had a Eurocentric monarch in the 19th century and as such produced many curious cultural things) It is a much more intricate carvings , . But similar concept but these idols are all over West Africa in many cultures Here another listed as Akan [URL]https://puces-privees.com/vitrine/vitrine-de-sylvia-goujon,2299/statuette-traditionnelle-akan-en-os,15253[/URL] I feel more towards Akan, bamum carving is much more detailed, as is shown in the bamum idol in the link.[/QUOTE]
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