Dignitary staff
Nigeria, Igbo
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, GermanyAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 89
Size
H: 128 cm
H: 50.4 inch
Description
iron, wood, kaolin, strings of cowrie shells, carved with janus head and two standing figures, iron spike, min. dam., traces of corrosion, paint rubbed off, base
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 68, ill. 113Publications
AHDRC: 0095396