Dignitary staff ·  Angola · ID: 3036486

Description

wood, slightly shiny brown patina, surmounted by a standing female figure wearing a beaded necklace, min. dam., cracks;
staffs are multi-functional. They are called title, ritual or chief’s staff. They were, and in many areas still are, a status symbol, a distinguishing mark or tool, used by a wide range of ritual specialists, such as headman, diviners, healers, exorcists, and witch hunters, in a great variety of ways.

The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3036486 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 610.

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