Gong

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Description

metal, wood, encrusted patina, the long handle wrapped with bulges of fabric saturated with mass, min. dam., traces of corrosion and abrasion;
single and double gongs, commonly made of iron, are the visual emblem and the authoritative voice of the regulatory society throughout the Grassfields.

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Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene, Cameroon, Charlotte 1977, p. 44 Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 128

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