Ceremonial staff ·  Angola, Luena/Ovimbundu · ID: 3034065

Description

wood, middle brown patina, round staff, carved with long legs, supporting a female torso, in place of the head the form of the staff is continued, forming a habile handle with presumably phallic character, dots and lines in pokerwork, diamond-shaped decor with piercings, engraved on the back “D’AMOUR”, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, cracks, rep. (back of the staff in the lower third), on plate