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FOR THE SERIOUS
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The pieces presented in this wing of the Collection are available for acquisition by contacting David W. Reed at davidwreed48@gmailcom
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
The Bamoun Collection is a pathway of discovery to the beauty, power and mystery of the cultural world of Cameroon’s Grasslands and tribes of West and West Central Africa.
The Collection’s newest wing, Between Two Worlds, presents spiritual artifacts from some 20 tribes along West and West Central Africa’s coastlines. Spiritual healers created those unique vessels to bring the power of the dead to protect the living over a century ago.
The Collection’s second gallery, Royal Art from the Grasslands of Cameroon, presents beaded, wood and bronze thrones crafted almost a century ago for Tikar royalty. Those irreplaceable thrones are accompanied by ceremonial pieces used in kingdom rituals and housed in palaces in Foumban and villages across the Grasslands.
The third gallery is reserved for the six bronze, life-size statues that constitute The Slave Scene, an ensemble that captures the legacy of the tribal ‘hostage wars’ and the transatlantic slave trade, one history’s darkest epochs.
The Collection’s For the Serious Collector presents Bamoun, Bamileke and Bangwa pieces to discriminating collectors interested in acquiring one-of-a-kind art pieces.
The overarching purpose of the Collection is to explore the historical events and spiritual power that drove the creation of some of Africa’s greatest works of art.
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS:
From the Land of the Dead to the Land of the Living
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THE SLAVE SCENE:
The Legacy of Slavery in the Grasslands of Cameroon
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ROYAL ART
from the Grasslands of Cameroon
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