Dignitary staff
R. D. Congo, Tabwa
Vendu
170 €
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (1991)Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 136,5 cm
H: 53.7 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, copper wire, string of glass beads, round staff with metal spout, crowned by a female half figure, min. dam., cracks, traces of corrosion;
presumably belonging to the prestige objects of a chief.