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