Title staff of head of blacksmiths "iwana ogun" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3048281
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg (coll. in situ 1959-1965)Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, Lot 390 (part of convolute)
French Collection
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
iron, copper alloy (bronze, brass), traces of corrosion
These staffs were the property of high-ranking blacksmiths and were a symbol of their status.
Comparing literature
Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, Chapter 7, No.10