Trompa
Bamun · Cameroon
Reference: AER-3
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- Height
- 33 cm
- Material
- Buffalo horn.
Little buffalo horn tube sculpted with warrior figures. Normally the tubes are used to accompany the masks and dancers in their fun and funeral festivities. In…
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Little buffalo horn tube sculpted with warrior figures. Normally the tubes are used to accompany the masks and dancers in their fun and funeral festivities. In this case, it is a tube intended for military use, for example, to call on warriors to abandon or launch into combat. Red patina obtained with frequent applications of palm oil.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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