Zemanek-Münster

Fly whisk ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3035664

sold EUR 350
Provenance
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany (acquired in Foumban, 1975)
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, metal sheet, string of glass beads, handle with human head, whisk of animal hair, min. dam., slight traces of usage, base;
prestige object, used as an emblem of power and symbol for authority and dignity; belonging to the regalia of a chief.


The object Fly whisk with the object ID 3035664 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 334 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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