NKUMBA

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in the shape of a bird

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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Pommel of a spear for dancing
Dimensions
Length: 183,5 cm
Height: 10,5 cm
Width: 11,5 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25623 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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