Ceremonial sword ·  Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3038346

Description

metal, wood, punched leather sheath, hour glass-shaped hilt, rough-textured indigo-blue cotton cloth in four strings for support, min. dam., slight traces of usage, base;
the typical sword-knives with squared-off blades are both weapons and signs of rank and prestige. They are also used at burials of great chieftains by dancers. The metal tones of the swords being struck against each other accompany the dark beat of the drums.

The object Ceremonial sword with the object ID 3038346 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 350 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 34 f.