Sword · Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3035222
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Provenance
collected in situ (1980’s)Size
H: 57,5 cm
H: 22.6 inch
Description
wood, metal, wooden sheath stretched with reptile skin, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and abrasion;
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.
The object Sword with the object ID 3035222 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 299.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 26