Zemanek-Münster

Hunting pipe and rattle

West Africa
sold EUR 500
Provenance
a) Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
b) Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium

Description

wood, greyish brown, resp. reddish brown patina, a) hunting pipe, Bamenda/Cameroon, crowned by a stylized animal head, min. dam., slight traces of usage, base, h: 26,5 cm; b) rattle, Ngala/D.R. Congo, crowned by two rattle elements of metal, min. dam., cracks, base, h: 20,5 cm


Comparing literature

a) Schimmer, Oskar, Flöten und Pfeifen aus West- und Zentralafrika, Erlangen 2007, ill. 30 b) Yale Archive No. 00931191 (comparable object)

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