Dignitary staff ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3037193

Description

wood, brown patina, decorating tags, remains of pigments, surmounted by a standing figure with tribe-typical scarification marks, elaborated coiffure, wearing a belt made from miniature glass beads, iron pike, rest. (small missing part at the belly), missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, base

The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3037193 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 197.

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