Zemanek-Münster

Bâton d'officier des forgerons "iwana ogun" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3048281

Vendu 250 €
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg (coll. in situ 1959-1965)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, Lot 390 (part of convolute)
French Collection

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.


Littérature comparée

Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, Chapter 7, No.10


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