Rare club · South Africa, Zulu · ID: 3045394
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Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
L: 43 cm
L: 16.9 inch
Description
animal horn, brass, additional: headring, fine plant fibre netting, remains of old collection label
Rare animal horn clubs have always been considered particularly valuable and highly valued. As a status symbol, their property was reserved for great hunters. The rare material was difficult to work with, but was very durable and also had great magical effectiveness.
The object Rare club with the object ID 3045394 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 402.
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Comparing literature
Klopper, Sandra et. al., The Art of Southern Africa, Milan 2007, No. 89