Anthropomorphic trumpet · Sierra Leone, Limba · ID: 3052706
Starting price
EUR 600
Estimated price
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Claude Jaget, Darmstadt, GermanySize
H: 56,5 cm
H: 22.2 inch
Description
wood, old auction label “174”, handwritten collection label “541”, old restorations
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.
Comparing literature
Celenko, Theodore, A treasury of African Art from the Harrison Eiteljorg Collection, Bloomington 1983, p. 58, ill. 42