in the shape of a bird | Photographer: Laura Haendel
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalin the shape of a bird | Photographer: Laura Haendel
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalin the shape of a bird | Photographer: Laura Haendel
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalin the shape of a bird | Photographer: Laura Haendel
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalin the shape of a bird | Photographer: Laura Haendel
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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Pommel of a spear for dancing
Dimensions
Länge: 183,5 cm (Historisches Maß, vollständiger Speer)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 10,5 x 11,5 x 7 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 10,5 x 11,5 x 7 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25623 b
Provenance and sources
where
Cameroon [Land]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
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