Ritual staffs "edan oshugbo" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3042598
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Eli Goldmann, Vienna, Austria, collected in situ (1950s/60s)Winfried Rathke, Geisenheim, Germany (1967)
Size
H: 9 cm & 9,5 cm
H: 3.5 inch & 3.7 inch
Description
brass, kneeling figures, male/female, mounted on iron spikes (missing for the most parts), linked by iron chain, min. dam., traces of corrosion
The object Ritual staffs “edan oshugbo” with the object ID 3042598 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 341 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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