Ceremonial knife "ada ogun" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3041485

Name: Ceremonial knife "ada ogun"
SKU: 3041485
Price: 2100 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,100

Provenance

Anthony J. Stout, Washington D.C., USA (1962)
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1975)

Size

H: 50,5 cm

H: 19.9 inch

Description

bronze, brass, artfully curved blade, chased on both sides, handle in form of female head with partly open worked coiffure, traces of corrosion, acrylic base;
probably a so-called “ada ogun” or “sword of ogun”, Lord over iron and weapons, the patron of all Yoruba iron-workers. Kept by the master of the local guild of smiths, it served as an emblem of the craft group.

The object Ceremonial knife “ada ogun” with the object ID 3041485 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 318 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,100 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.

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