Janus-faced staff · Liberia, Loma · ID: 3043473
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Provenance
Hans Hess, Basel, SwitzerlandToni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 30 cm/ 48 cm (with feathers)
H: 11.8 inch/ 18.9 inch (with feathers)
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, fabric, grass fibre, feather ornament, slightly dam. (feathers), abrasion of paint, base
The object Janus-faced staff with the object ID 3043473 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 132.
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Comparing literature
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Alexander Bortolot, Visions from the Forest, Seattle, London 2014, p. 162, ill. 29