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

The object Two swords and a helmet with the object ID 3039626 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 385 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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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