Ceremonial staff "rekade" · Bénin, Fon · ID: 3037890
Vendu
650 €
Provenance
collected in Abomey (1983)German Private Collection
Description
wood, dark bropwn patina, metal sheet, artificially pierced and chased blade growing out of a stylized dog’s head, small vessel with attached metal amulet in the area of the neck, rep. (breakage), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
Littérature comparée
Musée du Quai Branly (ed.), Artistes d' Abomey, Paris 2009, p. 146, ill. 5