Ceremonial staff "rekade" · Benin, Fon · ID: 3037890
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
collected in Abomey (1983)German Private Collection
Size
L: 49 cm
L: 19.3 inch
Description
wood, dark bropwn patina, metal sheet, artificially pierced and chased blade growing out of a stylized dog’s head, small vessel with attached metal amulet in the area of the neck, rep. (breakage), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Ceremonial staff “rekade” with the object ID 3037890 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 249 achieved a sales price of EUR 650.
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Comparing literature
Musée du Quai Branly (ed.), Artistes d' Abomey, Paris 2009, p. 146, ill. 5