Zoomorphic slit drum · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3043181
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 25,5 cm
L: 56,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch
L: 22.2 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, blackened in parts, with two anthropomorphic heads, incised decor, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, small missin gparts, traces of insect caused damage.
Such slit gongs belonge to the chiefs, who use them to call the warriors.
Comparing literature
Brincard, Marie-Therese, Sounding forms, Washington D.C. 1989, p. 126, ill. 67