Zemanek-Münster

Two paddles ·  Cameroun, Douala · ID: 3038025

Vendu 200 €

Description

middle brown wood, matt patina, party open worked, ornamental carvings, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
such decorative but eminently unfunctional oars have early souvenir trade status, though they are also reported to have been used indigeniously, perhaps as dance wands during canoe regatta festivities.


Littérature comparée

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


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