Prestige axe, Nigeria, Tiv, Size: H: 51 cm (H: 20.1 inch), ID: 3045945

Prestige axe, Nigeria, Tiv, Size: H: 51 cm (H: 20.1 inch), ID: 3045945 - 2/3

Prestige axe, Nigeria, Tiv, Size: H: 51 cm (H: 20.1 inch), ID: 3045945 - 3/3

←prev / next→

Lot 354

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Prestige axe · Nigeria, Tiv · ID: 3045945

not available anymore

Provenance

Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany

Size

H: 51 cm

H: 20.1 inch

Description

steel, brass,

Comparing literature

Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 189, ill. 6.6

Similar objects

1/6
Tanzania, Luguru: Cult and prestige axe with split blade
sold EUR 260
1/4
Tanzania, Luguru: Cult and prestige axe, before 1914
EUR 450
1/5
Nigeria, Igbo: Dance emblem for show and prestige purposes
EUR 1,500
D. R. Congo, Chokwe: Figural carved prestige staff
sold EUR 200
1/4
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke: Large prestige stool
1/6
D. R. Congo, Songye: Large prestige stool with janus-shaped caryatid figures
1/6
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke: Large prestige stool with leopard
sold EUR 2,500
1/6
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke: Notables prestige pipe bowl
1/5
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum: Prestige Bowl
sold EUR 330
1/4
D. R. Congo, Songye: Prestige adze "kilonda"
sold EUR 250
1/2
D. R. Congo, Songye: Prestige axe
sold EUR 150
1/3
D. R. Congo, Yakoma: Prestige axe
sold EUR 950
D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo: Prestige axe
1/2
D. R. Congo, Songye: Prestige axe
sold EUR 120
1/4
D. R. Congo, Kanyok: Prestige axe
sold EUR 400

Subscribe to our newsletter

Join over 10,000 tribal art collectors. Don't miss out on upcoming news and auctions.

Subscribe today