Zemanek-Münster

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


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