Lot 43
  • 43

Sceptre , Mboum, Cameroun

Estimate
4,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Mboum
  • Sceptre
  • haut. 42 cm
  • 16 1/2 in

Provenance

Selon Boris Kegel-Konietzko, ce sceptre (ainsi que le lot n° 42) - fut collecté par Leo Frobenius au cours de son expédition dans le nord et le centre du Cameroun, en 1910/1911
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hambourg
Collection privée, acquis en 1972

Condition

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Catalogue Note

cf. Elsen (2003 : 87, n° 18) pour un sceptre comparable dans la collection du musée Barbier-Mueller. Il a conservé sa poignée en ligature de fibres végétales.