Iron currency · Cameroon · ID: 3042184
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Norwood Fine Arts, Munich, GermanyJens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Description
a) Mambila, spade-shaped, with parallel incisions, min. dam., traces of corrosion, base, h: 27 cm; b) nearly round blade, curved handle, min. dam., traces of corrosion, base, h: 51 cm
The object Iron currency with the object ID 3042184 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 365 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Ballarini, Roberto, The perfect form, Milan 2009, p. 161, ill. 2.49 & p. 174, ill. 2.73