Beautiful old title staff, around 1900 · Angola, Ovimbundu · ID: 3040349
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Old French CollectionOskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2001)
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch
Description
wood, matt glossy brown patina, crowned by a female half figure, typical grooved coiffure with decorative nails, fine carved facial features and scarification marks, slightly dam., minor missing parts (coiffure, left elbow), insect caused missing parts, crack, metal base
The object Beautiful old title staff, around 1900 with the object ID 3040349 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 503 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200 with an asking price of EUR 800.
Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about African art.