Sceptre "batuma" · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3040687
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Provenance
German Private Collection, HessenSize
L: 105 cm
L: 41.3 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, in shape of a composite being, carved with bird beak and a pair of horns, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Sceptre “batuma” with the object ID 3040687 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 149.
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Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 250