Bâton de dignitaire · Nigéria, Igbo · ID: 3043449
Vendu
400 €
Provenance
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, GermanyAlfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 89
Description
iron, wood, kaolin, strings of cowrie shells, carved with janus head and two standing figures, iron spike, min. dam., traces of corrosion, paint rubbed off, base
Littérature comparée
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 68, ill. 113
Publications
AHDRC: 0095396