Bâton de danse "oshe shango"
Onakunle Aribikona de Gbongan (décédé 1970), Ife, Nigéria
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Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, BelgiumTaille
H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch
Description
wood, camwood powder, miniature glass beads, base
Probably a work of the well-known Yoruba carver Onakunle Aribikon or his workshop. A work of the master pictured at Fagg, 1982, Plate 62.
A nearly identical “oshe shango” staff from the Josef Mueller collection was called up on 13 June 1978 as lot 107 at Christie’s London (AHDRC 0104712).