Headpiece of a royal flywhisk

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Description

wood, animal skin, brass sheet, traces of corrosion, minor missing parts, open seam, base

This insignia of office is unusual in its integration of a human representation. The finial is a representation of a Fon, identified by the male royal hairdress. For a comparable piece see Northern, 1984, p. 132.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 132, ill. 64

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