Konvolut: Four objects · Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3036527
Inge Arendts, Munich, Germany
Description
two prestige drinking horns, Bamum, buffalo horn, ornamental and figural carvings in some areas, l: ~ 30 cm; hunting pipe, Bamenda, wood, crowned by a stylized animal head, h: 26 cm; tobacco pipe bowl, terracotta, in form of a seated human figure, h: 17 cm; all with slight traces of usage;
in all Grassfield kingdoms, drinking horns, plain or ornate, are a man’s most important personal article, a reference to the significance of palm wine for shared sociability and pleasure and as a sacrificial libation substance.
The object Konvolut: Four objects with the object ID 3036527 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 517 achieved a sales price of EUR 160 with an asking price of EUR 150.
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Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, Expressions of Cameroon art, Michigan 1986, p. 35, ill. 22 f. Schimmer, Oskar, Flöten und Pfeifen aus West- und Zentralafrika, Erlangen 2007, ill. 30