Headpiece of an "ogboni" staff ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3031086

Description

brass, in shape of a seated male figure with hat, the iron spike missing, traces of corrosion;
in pre-colonial times “ogboni” society not only had religious, but political and jurisdictional functions as well. With the founding of the “Reformed Ogboni Fraternity” in 1914 the old rites of “ogboni” society lost their meaning.

The object Headpiece of an “ogboni” staff with the object ID 3031086 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 403 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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