Chamba anthropomorphic figure - Lot 34

Chamba anthropomorphic figure Nigeria Carved wood Circa 20th century Height: 42 cm Provenance: French private collection --- Chamba Anthropomorphic figure Nigeria Carved wood During the 20th century Height: 42 cm Provenance: French private collection The Chamba (Basari, Bassari, Basare, Kyamba, Tchamba, Tshomba), now numbering around thirty thousand, are an ethnic group originally from the mountains on the Cameroon-Nigeria border. They live in Nigeria on the south bank of the Benué river. The body and its limbs are articulated in poetic osmosis around the bust, the cylindrical torso, the slender arms coiled and linked to this bust. The head is remarkable for its simplicity and abstraction in the treatment of volumes with marked geometry, and in the drawing of lines through the sobriety of the incisions. --- Established in Nigeria on the southern bank of the Benue, the Chamba (Basari, Bassari, Basare, Kyamba, Tchamba, Tshomba), now numbering some thirty thousand, are an ethnic group originating from the mountains that mark the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. The body and its members articulated in a poetic osmosis around the bust, the cylindrical torso, the thin arms are rolled up and tied to this bust. The head is remarkable for simplicity and abstraction in the treatment of volumes with marked geometry, and in the drawing of features by the sobriety of the incisions.