Upper part of a dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
collected in 1912French Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 342
Size
H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch
Description
wood, handwritten note “Bakongo Sceptre Gombe-Matadi 1912”, base
The founding myths of the Kongo peoples state that nine staffs “mwala” of the nine original clans were needed to rule the Kongo realm.
Comparing literature
Baeke, Viviane (ed.), Treasures from the Africa-Museum Tervuren, Tervuren 1995, p. 292 ff.Publications
AHDRC: 0153737