Two swords and a helmet ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3039626

Description

prestige sword of the Bamum, brass, with open work decor (spider motif), min. dam., traces of corrosion, l: 74,5 cm; execution sword (?) of the Tikar, wooden hilt with conical ending, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, l: 99 cm; helmet-shaped object, wickerwork covered with leather, min. dam., small missing parts, min. abrasion, h: 18 cm, d: 24 cm

Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 129, ill. 62 Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 38, ill. 49