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| Object |
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| Tikar Ceremonial Sword |
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| Ethnic group |
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| Tikar |
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| Origin |
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| Cameroon |
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| Provenance |
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| Ethnographica-Pfadenhauer, Munich, Germnay |
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| Material |
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| Wood, animal skin, cloth and metal |
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| Size |
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| 52 cm |
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| Description |
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The scabbard is made of wood and covered in an orange brown coloured short haired animal skin which is stitched together at the back.
The skin is worn away in places due to regular use and the stitching has partially come apart on the backside (see photo).
Tikar kings wore such a sword to demonstrate their power.
Cloth is wound around the wickerwork handles which would have been presumably used to tie around the waist.
The sword handle is made of wood and has a shiny dark brown patina.
The handle is split along the vertical axis.
The blade is corroded.
Lit.: – “African Forms” – Ginsberg – 2000 – Page 183 |
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