Dignitary staff ·  Tanzania, Zaramo · ID: 3028974

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, round shaft with incised ornaments, surmounted by a standing female figure, showing a “mwana hiti” coiffure and simplified facial features, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion

The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3028974 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 502 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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Comparing literature

Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 124