Sceptre "ipawo ase" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035258
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
brass, dark patina, fork-shaped ending and surmounting human face framed by small eyelets, where originally small bells were attached, clapper missing, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion
Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, Earth and the Ancestors, Ogboni Iconography, Amsterdam 1988, p. 154 f.