Extrémité supérieure d´un bâton de dignitaire "mwala" · R. D. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3043231
Vendu
2 500 €
Provenance
collected in 1912French Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, lot 342
Description
wood, handwritten note “Bakongo Sceptre Gombe-Matadi 1912”, base
The founding myths of the Kongo peoples state that nine staffs “mwala” of the nine original clans were needed to rule the Kongo realm.
Littérature comparée
Baeke, Viviane (ed.), Treasures from the Africa-Museum Tervuren, Tervuren 1995, p. 292 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0153737