Dignitary staff · Angola, Luena · ID: 3030411
sold
EUR 1,700
Provenance
acquired in London in 1968Egon Guenther, Johannesburg, South Africa
Sotheby’s New York, 18 November 2000, lot 158
Size
H: 63 cm
H: 24.8 inch
Description
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, round staff, crowned by a head sculpture with delicate carved coiffure, extremely deepened eyes, “EG” on the underside, slightly dam., socle;
figurative carved staffs are associated with the power and authority of chiefs.
The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3030411 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 479 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.
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