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.