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"Threshold (?) centre chief with drinking horn, on the right man with knife, on the left man with bottle, followed by a woman on each side and finally a man on each side with broad sword and severed head.

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Cultural attribution
Bamileke (Bamiléké)
Object type
Threshold
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 46 x 196 x 14 cm
Gewicht: 24,1 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23706

Provenance and sources

when
19th century - 20th century (beginning)
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Banjun
Bamileke (Bamiléké)

who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors
Kaiserliches Gouvernement für Kamerun - Former Possessors

Description
Purchase / Estate of the Imperial Government for Cameroon 1910

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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