Carved Wood Figure Cameroon Rohner Collection

This figure from the collection of John R. Rohner depicts a standing male adorned with patterned carvings on the face and pieces of natural fiber around his neck and pelvis. In Rohner's book, Art Treasures from African Runners, the figure is claimed to be from an area around Cameroon, however its direct origin and the group who made it are unknown.

Provenance: John R. Rohner Collection
Rohner, a museum curator for decades, aimed his practiced eye for authenticity to African art beginning in the early 1980s. His passion for this art only grew through the decades he built his collection––always with an aim for a broad and representative array of pieces. The collection appears in his book, Art Treasures from African Runners (2000, University Press of Colorado). 

Item #748 on pg. 263

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