Staff ·  Angola, Chokwe · ID: 3036962

Description

wood, brown patina, pokerwork, straight handle, tapering to the end, surmounted by a mask dancer “cikunza”, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base;
“cikunza” is the master of the “mukanda” initiation society; he embodies both religious beliefs and chiefly power and is associated with notions of virility and fertility.

The object Staff with the object ID 3036962 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 534.

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Comparing literature

Klopper, Sandra et. al., The Art of Southern Africa, Milan 2007, p. 144 f.