Cast brass goblet decorated with frieze of six cows or buffaloes heads. Punched background. Lower portion of stem divided into four curved legs. [RM [OPS move] 27/7/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cast brass goblet decorated with frieze of six cows or buffaloes heads. Punched background. Lower portion of stem divided into four curved legs. [RM [OPS move] 27/7/2016]
Long description: Cast brass goblet decorated with frieze of six conventionalised cows' (or buffaloes?) heads with punched background, the lower portion of the stem divided into four curved legs standing on a circular, slightly conical base with engraved decoration.
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Bamenda
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: 1934
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions: Diameter: max 102 mm, Height: max 255 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1377 Other numbers: 20

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