Whistle / flute
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamenda
Price
EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 350
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood,
Men play this type of whistle when dancing “ndang”, a dance performed by men and women when, for example, a new wife arrives in her husband’s compound.
Comparing literature
Brincard, Marie-Therese, Sounding forms, Washington D.C. 1989, p. 170, ill. 141Publications
AHDRC: 0142668