Figurally carved dance staff ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3034335

Description

wood, blotched brown patina, remains of kaolin, crowned by a seated janus figure, the headgear originally decorated with metal tags, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
figural carved dance staffs were used by young men. They ought to be as beautiful as possible (“buore”), so that their owners could “show off”.

The object Figurally carved dance staff with the object ID 3034335 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 273 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 152, ill. 204