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Bell, Metal

Tikar Warrior Bronze Head Bell

Cameroon
Tikar

Bronze
Early - Mid 20th Century

Height: 22cm / Length: 11cm / Width: 11cm
Idiophone - Struck Directly

This is a Tikar figural head bell. The top Tikar warrior in gesture of prayer, wears a detailed wrapped headdress and is cast in bronze using the lost-wax process. It possibility served as a small funerary memorial bell.

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-43-4