Ceremonial paddle ·  Cameroun, Douala · ID: 3041692

Description

wood, brown patina, black encrusted patina, incised ornamental decor, flat shaft ending partly in openwork design, slightly dam., missing parts (tips);
such decorative paddles were reported to have been used as dance wands during canoe regatta festivities.

Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 180