Ceremonial paddle · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035663
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Provenance
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany (collected in Lome, Togo in 1980)Size
H: 64 cm
H: 25.2 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, the top of the handle crowned by an anthropomorphic head, the paddle carved with a crocodile with a catfish in its mouth, min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage, fine cracks
The object Ceremonial paddle with the object ID 3035663 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 348.
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