Staff ·  Angola, Lwimbi · ID: 3035537

Description

wood, dark brown patina, metal tags, crowned by a janiform head with varying facial features, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the Lwimbi are a small ethnic group living in Angola to the south of the Songo on the banks of the Cuanza with the Chokwe. Only a few art works are known from the Lwimbi which are strongly influenced by the latter.

The object Staff with the object ID 3035537 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 431.

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