Gong · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum · ID: 3036538
sold
EUR 160
Provenance
Rolf Miehler, Munich, GermanyInge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch
Description
wood, corroded iron, the long handle wrapped with bulges of fabric, embroidered with cowrie snails and glass beads, crowned by a janus head with nearly identical facial features, min. dam., lose head, fine cracks and tears;
single and double gongs, commonly made of iron, are the visual emblem and the authoritative voice of the regulatory society throughout the Grassfields.
Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 128