Figural kola nut receptacle "fuwu"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bamum
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
collected in 1914René Salanon, Paris, France
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1969)
René Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 67 cm
H: 26.4 inch
Description
wood, rep. (ring-shaped base)
Rulers kept containers lined with fresh leaves and filled with kola nuts always ready to offer guests.
To break a kola nut with the ruler was regarded the hight of hospitality and trust.
Expertise
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, 26 April 1969Comparing literature
Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, p. 200Publications
AHDRC: 0010479