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