Dignitary staff, Nigeria, Igbo, Size: H: 128 cm (H: 50.4 inch), ID: 3043449

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Lot 288

88th Tribal Art Auction

Dignitary staff · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3043449

sold EUR 400

Provenance

Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Alfons 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. 113

Publications

AHDRC: 0095396

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