Dignitary staff ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3036944

Description

wood, iron, metal sheet, most parts of the shaft covered with metal sheet, crown-shaped knob, spear-shaped at the bottom (probably for plugging into the ground), min. dam., missing parts, traces of abrasion and corrosion;
presumably belonging to the “poro” society.

The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3036944 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 198.

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