PIPE STOVE - Bamoun culture, Cameroon - First half of the 20th century

PIPE STOVE

Bamoun Culture, Cameroon

First half of the 20th century

Bronze

H.: 11; L.: 4.2; Thickness: 9 cm

Tubular stove ringed on the upper part and animated with an anthropomorphic figure in relief and a frieze on the lower part composed of mesh motifs. This characteristic brace refers to the spider's web, the animal considered as the intermediary between the world of men and that of the divine.

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