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Cameroon Grassfields

Scope note

Use to describe works produced by the many African ethnic groups who inhabit this highland area in western Cameroon and who share similar stylistic characteristics, forms, and motifs in their art.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262535

Broader Terms used

<Cameroon styles>

Narrower Terms used

Babungo
Wute
Widekum
Yamba
Tikar
Bamileke

Created

13yrs ago

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