"Pipe Furnace - Bamoun Culture, Cameroon - First Half Of The 20th Century"
Pipe FurnaceBamoun culture, Cameroon
First half of the 20th century
Bronze
H. 11 ; L. 4.2 ; W. 9 cm
Tubular stove with a ring on the upper part and an anthropomorphic figure in relief and a frieze on the lower part made up of net motifs. This characteristic cross refers to the spider's web, the animal considered to be the intermediary between the world of men and that of the divine.
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