Two paddles · Cameroon, Duala · ID: 3038025
sold
EUR 200
Size
H: 161 cm & 179 cm
H: 63.4 inch & 70.5 inch
Description
middle brown wood, matt patina, party open worked, ornamental carvings, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
such decorative but eminently unfunctional oars have early souvenir trade status, though they are also reported to have been used indigeniously, perhaps as dance wands during canoe regatta festivities.
The object Two paddles with the object ID 3038025 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 345 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 180