Figural kola nut receptacle "fuwu" · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bamum · ID: 3045636
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.
The object Figural kola nut receptacle “fuwu” with the object ID 3045636 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 90 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Expertise
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, 26 April 1969
Comparing literature
Gebauer, Paul, Art of Cameroon, New York 1979, p. 200
Publications
AHDRC: 0010479