Sword
Cameroon, Tikar
not available anymore
Provenance
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
L: 55 cm
L: 21.7 inch
Description
metal, wood, sheath made from light wood and elaborate plaited rotan fibres, both sides of the blade decorated with punched incisions, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
the typical sword-knives with squared-off blades are both weapons and signs of rank and prestige. They are also used at burials of great chieftains by dancers. The metal tones of the swords being struck against each other accompany the dark beat of the drums.