Whistle ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamenda · ID: 3042447

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the general structure of this whistle assumes the form of a stylized human figure. Although the swelling forms that top the whistle may suggest the horns of a bush cow, they probably depict a style of prestige cap commonly worn by men in the Grassfield region. The rest of the figure is reduced to geometric forms.

The object Whistle with the object ID 3042447 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 350 achieved a sales price of EUR 950.

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Comparing literature

Brincard, Marie-Therese, Sounding forms, Washington D.C. 1989, p. 170, ill. 141