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
Comparing literature
Musée du Quai Branly (ed.), Artistes d' Abomey, Paris 2009, p. 146, ill. 5