Esatua Calabash, Bamileké, Cameroon, c. 1960

This large statue of a queen was part of the household throne. In her arms, the figure held a gourd containing ritual objects (a pipe and other personal objects), belonging to the Bamileké. The figure rests her arms on the stylised head of an elephant seen from the side, the feet of the stool and the legs of the queen combine to form a convincing silhouette of an elephant. Reproduced from the catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 40 Height: 148 cm
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall