Konvolut: Four objects ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3036527

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.

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