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Three staff finials, Angola, Ovimbundu, Size: H: 14,5 cm - 16 cm (H: 5.7 inch - 6.3 inch), ID: 3052001
Three staff finials, Angola, Ovimbundu, Size: H: 14,5 cm - 16 cm (H: 5.7 inch - 6.3 inch), ID: 3052001 - 2/5 Three staff finials, Angola, Ovimbundu, Size: H: 14,5 cm - 16 cm (H: 5.7 inch - 6.3 inch), ID: 3052001 - 3/5 Three staff finials, Angola, Ovimbundu, Size: H: 14,5 cm - 16 cm (H: 5.7 inch - 6.3 inch), ID: 3052001 - 4/5 Three staff finials, Angola, Ovimbundu, Size: H: 14,5 cm - 16 cm (H: 5.7 inch - 6.3 inch), ID: 3052001 - 5/5
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Lot 384
Auction 104

Three staff finials ·  Angola, Ovimbundu · ID: 3052001

sold EUR 1,800
Provenance
UK Collection
Size
H: 14,5 cm - 16 cm
H: 5.7 inch - 6.3 inch

Description

wood, brass, base

The Mbundu (Ovimbundu) homeland is centered on the Benguela Plateau, bordering to the east on Chokwe land. Their art works are heavily influenced by these neighbours.

Masks are not known but their sculptures are mainly known by their pipes and staffs with female heads or figures which depict “nana yakoma”, the guardian of the holy fire - sacred objects of the old Ovimbundu chiefs.

Africa

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