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	Drums, Drinking Horns, Brass Casting in the Technique of Lost Wax, Pottery, Weaving with Raphia Fibres Foreword: Rev. Aaron Su, Cameroon 108 pages 176 black & white photographs 5 coloured photographs CHF 38.-/€ 23 -> order

	Publishers The British Museum, London Occasional Paper No. 107, 1997 Production Editors Josephine Turquet/Nigel Barley, London Distributor 'The Calabash', The Fair Trade Enterprise in mission 21, Basel Illustrations © Hans Knöpfli, Kriegstetten Printed and bound in the UK by The Chameleon Press Limited



Summary “Volume 1 closes a gap in our knowledge of the arts and crafts of the Grasslands of Cameroon. The author has documented the work involved in the construction of art objects and craft products with unusual care.”
Dr. Peter Valentin, Anthropologist

		Chapter 1 Skin-covered Drums and Slit Drums

		Chapter 2 Working Buffalo Horns into Drinking Cups for Titleholders

		Chapter 3 Brass Casting in the Technique of Lost Wax

		Chapter 4 Traditional Pottery

		Chapter 5 Weaving with Raphia Fibres