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TUJ-201401
TUJ-201401
A Bamileke-Bangwa Slit Gong
Grassfields, Cameroon
68.0 cm (26.8 in)
Provenance
- Alain de Monbrison, Paris
- Alan Brandt, New York
- Jun 18, 2026, Sotheby's — Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Sales Results
Lot 95, Sotheby's, New York — Jun 18, 2026
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 12,000–18,000
Unsold
Publications
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Marie Thérèse Brincard, Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments, New York, 1989, p. 120, cat. no. 53
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Bettina von Lintig, Die bildende Kunst der Bangwa. Werkstatt-Traditionen und Künstlerhandschriften, Munich, 1994
Exhibitions
- The National Museum of African Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments, April 26 - June 18, 1989; additional venues: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, July 16 - September 10, 1989; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, October 7 - December 3, 1989; Musée national des arts africains et océaniens, Paris, [as Afrique. Formes sonores], January 25 - March 20, 1990