Trumpet "tawong" · Cameroon, Mambila · ID: 3037779
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Size
H: 111 cm
H: 43.7 inch
Description
wood, completely covered with leather, of slender elongated form, surmounted by a half figure, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
these trumpets appear in pairs (male and female). They are played at the biannual dances of harvest and planting, periods of diversion when men travel to other villages to participate in sporting events and to renew friendships.
The object Trumpet “tawong” with the object ID 3037779 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 394.
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Comparing literature
Cogdell, Jacqueline, Turn up the Volume! University of California 1999, p. 316