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Cameroon (Bangwa? Babanki? Bamun? Bamileke?) - Flute

Among the musical instruments aimed at specific activities, in this case ritual dances but also in shipping war or hunting stands out this type of flute / whistle for the people of Cameroon. It was typically used in groups of three to play highly rhythmic sounds .

Exposed as you see in the photos on hand, represents a stylized human figure, which we clearly recognize the two legs, but upside down - as in the first photo - is probably the figure of a cow with two horns.

You can not define with certainty the exact population that produced this particular specimen, but it can be assumed with sufficient certainty from the region a the Grasslands, and thus perhaps or by Bangwa Babanki or some other subgroup of the strain or Bamun Bamileke.

The patina indicates good antiques and a long usage. The base has been specially built by the famous American craftsman Amyas Naegele. The piece comes from the New York gallery of Michael Oliver and was subsequently in the important collection of Noble and Jean Endicott. I have purchased from the gallery of Craig De Lora.

Bibliography:

1) Africa. Art forms.

Marc Ginzberg - Skira, Milan, 2000

2) Kunst in Cameroon
Bernhard Gardi - Museum fur Wolkerkunde, Basel, 1994