Abstract
This paper examines the shifting iconography and iconology of the buffalo and cow horn drinking cup in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. It highlights the extraordinary creativity of how cow hor...
Highlights
Since the publication of drinking horns in the Grassfields almost two decades ago (Knöpfli, 1997), there has been an explosion of historical and anthropological interest in the artistic and cultural heritage of the Cameroon Grassfields
Across the Cameroon Grassfields nowadays, it is common practice to associate with youth who have succeeded in their careers and who go after objects of status such as the exquisitely decorated drinking cups than with royal elites whose only asset is the buffalo horn drinking cup and its traditional restrictions
With lack of visitors from majority of the population, and no salary from the government, these traditional titles and objects aspirants abandoned the museums for so-called greener pastures in the cities and abroad. Their interest, like that of other youth and commoners rest in the new iconography, and by extension, the cow horn drinking cups decorated with facial image of Bruce Lee since this is the category of object that is associated with this new class of elites (Fubah, 2016a)
Summary
Since the publication of drinking horns in the Grassfields almost two decades ago (Knöpfli, 1997), there has been an explosion of historical and anthropological interest in the artistic and cultural heritage of the Cameroon Grassfields. Across the Cameroon Grassfields nowadays, it is common practice to associate with youth who have succeeded in their careers and who go after objects of status such as the exquisitely decorated drinking cups than with royal elites whose only asset is the buffalo horn drinking cup and its traditional restrictions.
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