Ceremonial staff ·  Angola, Luena/Ovimbundu · ID: 3034065

Description

wood, middle brown patina, round staff, carved with long legs, supporting a female torso, in place of the head the form of the staff is continued, forming a habile handle with presumably phallic character, dots and lines in pokerwork, diamond-shaped decor with piercings, engraved on the back “D’AMOUR”, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, cracks, rep. (back of the staff in the lower third), on plate

The object Ceremonial staff with the object ID 3034065 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 462 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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