Dignitary staff · Angola, Songo · ID: 3035603

Name: Dignitary staff
SKU: 3035603
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Portuguese Collection

Size

H: 46,5 cm

H: 18.3 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, the shaft completely wrapped in fabric and strings of coloured glass beads, janus head with flat side lobes, surmounted by two human half figures, min. dam., small missing parts (figures, beads), socle;
the Songo are a small ethnical group in Angola on the left banks of the upper Kwango, to the west of the Chokwe. Like the other ethnic groups exposed to the artistic influence of the Chokwe - the Luena and Ngangela, also the Songo show similar style expressions, and the figures and mask are therefore sometimes not distinguishable from those of the Chokwe.

The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3035603 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 433.

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