Konvolut: Four Objects - Cameroon Grassfields - Sep 04, 2014 | Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-muenster In Germany
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Konvolut: Four objects - Cameroon Grassfields
Konvolut: Four objects - Cameroon Grassfields
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Description
two prestige drinking horns, Bamum, buffalo horn, ornamental and figural carvings in some areas, l: ~ 30 cm; hunting pipe, Bamenda, wood, crowned by a stylized animal head, h: 26 cm; tobacco pipe bowl, terracotta, in form of a seated human figure, h: 17 cm; all with slight traces of usage;
in all Grassfield kingdoms, drinking horns, plain or ornate, are a man's most important personal article, a reference to the significance of palm wine for shared sociability and pleasure and as a sacrificial libation substance.
Provenance:
Rolf Miehler, Munich, Germany
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon art, Michigan 1986, p. 35, ill. 22 f.
Schimmer, Oskar, Flöten und Pfeifen aus West- und Zentralafrika, Erlangen 2007, ill. 30
Continent: Africa
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Konvolut: Four objects - Cameroon Grassfields

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