Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20 Sep 2016
A Kukuruku staff Kabba Province
A Kukuruku staff
Kabba Province, Nigeria
wood, with a domed finial on three angled supports to a ribbed and ringed section with chevron and linear decoration, to a plain shaft with an iron pointed tip, with Liverpool and Norwich Castle Museums labels,
156cm high.
Provenance
Arthur Holdsworth Groom, District Officer, Nigeria 1905 - 1917.
Loaned to the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1911.