Fon Phuonchu Aseh Workshop
Interior Palace House Post
circa early 20th century
Category
Culture
Kedjom-Keku or Babanki-Daso
Place Made
Cameroon: Grassfields Region: Tubah Subdivision
Materials
Wood with traces of pigment
Measurements
108 x 6 1/2 x 8 in (274.32 x 16.51 x 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kent and Charles Davis in honor of William A. Fagaly, upon his retirement from NOMA in 2001
Location
Sadie and Oliver Billion Gallery, African Art; Free Standing 5
Accession #
2005.159
Description
Large wooden column with (from top down) two projections for beam support, standing figure holding knife and severed head, executioner pulling rope around the neck of a figure below him, executioner pulling the figure downward.