Chamba Bronze Standing Figure, Based

Flattened, pale metallic figure with a ribbed spine and a head that leans left.

This standing figure on a base is Chamba, from Cameroon, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is cast bronze. Cast bronze figures from Central and West Africa are made by the lost-wax method, in which a wax model is replaced by molten metal. Flat, irregular standing figure with a small bird-like head, stubby arms and a column of ribbed segments down the chest. The surface is pale gold and pale grey, rough and uneven. It stands on a thick black block. It is 1.25 inches wide, 1.25 deep and 2.75 high.

Rough around every edge and quite content to stay that way.