Sceptre · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3035612

Name: Sceptre
SKU: 3035612
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Bertil Berg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Size

H: 80,5 cm

H: 31.7 inch

Description

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, consisting of various geometrical forms, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the Eket are a small ethnic group belonging to the Ibibio. Just like the Ibibio the Eket have an “ekpo” society, a society of soothsayers, called “idiong”, a society named after the god of war “ekong” and the “ogbom” society worshipping the goddess of fertility. Present sceptre presumably was used by the “nyama” society.

The object Sceptre with the object ID 3035612 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 211.

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