Dignitary wand ·  Angola, Ovimbundu · ID: 3032260

Description

wood, shiny middle brown patina, circular shaft, crowned by an anthropomorphic head with loop-shaped coiffure, min. dam., cracks, on wooden base;
staffs are multi-functional. They are called title, ritual or chief’s staff. They were, and in many areas still are, a status symbol, a distinguishing mark or tool, used by a wide range of ritual specialists, such as headman, diviners, healers, exorcists, and witch hunters, in a great variety of ways.

The object Dignitary wand with the object ID 3032260 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 260 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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