Dignitary staff · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3043449
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
The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3043449 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 288 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 68, ill. 113
Publications
AHDRC: 0095396