Dignitary staff · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3035795
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Provenance
Serge Theubet, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SwitzerlandAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 91 cm
H: 35.8 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, black paint, crowned by a human head with projecting shock of hair, unusual: a kind of cover plate across the eye-zone, collection number in black paint backside: “1256 AFG”, slightly dam. (coiffure rim zones), abrasion of paint, base;
chief staffs were frequently decorated with figures and heads, they were regarded as insignias of social rank.
The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3035795 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 194.
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