Spear for the dance | Photographer: Martin Franken
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Spear for the dance
Main catalogue: "NKUMBA bells: NZU rattling spear worn by noblemen at dances. Shaft covered with blue and yellow beads (diamond pattern). At the top a bird cast from brass (parrot PAKUD). Below a spearhead, above 3 pairs of bells and 8 human heads (one of which was lost during casting) all cast from brass." Condition: Spearhead and the brass forelock are present. The matching staff is missing.
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Spear for the dance
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 86 x 12,5 x 5,5 cm (a, wie auf Foto)
Gewicht: 2,4 kg
Länge: 183,5 cm (Historisches Maß)
Höhe: 86 cm (a, untere Messingspitze)
Gewicht: 2,4 kg
Länge: 183,5 cm (Historisches Maß)
Höhe: 86 cm (a, untere Messingspitze)
Material/Technique
Brass, Pearl
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25623 a
Provenance and sources
where
Cameroon [Land]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Description
Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909
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