Zemanek-Münster

Upper part of a dignitary staff ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3043231

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
collected in 1912
French 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.


The object Upper part of a dignitary staff with the object ID 3043231 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 350 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Baeke, Viviane (ed.), Treasures from the Africa-Museum Tervuren, Tervuren 1995, p. 292 ff.


Publications

AHDRC: 0153737


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