TIKAR HORN 3, Cameroon

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

TIKAR, HORN 3, 37", $350, Cameroon, SOLD

Horns, trumpets and other aerophone instruments are among the important art forms in Africa, used both as a musical instrument and as a work of sculpture significant in many religious and secular ceremonial functions. Many examples incorporate the human form as the finial of the instrument.

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