Anthropomorphic trumpet · Sierra Leone, Limba · ID: 3052126
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyIngo Donath, Hamburg, Germany
Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1986)
Size
H: 65,5 cm
H: 25.8 inch
Description
wood, handwritten collection no. “343”
The trumpet originates from the context of the “gbangbani” society, a male association that plays a protective role in the initiation rites of young men. It protects the initiates from harmful influences, especially witchcraft.
The object Anthropomorphic trumpet with the object ID 3052126 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 198.
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Comparing literature
Celenko, Theodore, A treasury of African Art from the Harrison Eiteljorg Collection, Bloomington 1983, p. 58, ill. 42