A Zulu / Tsonga staff South Africa red wood

A Zulu / Tsonga staff

South Africa

red wood, with blackened highlights, carved a female figure with long neck and conical coiffure, with a spiral shaft to a tapering tip,

107.5cm long, on a stand. (2)

Provenance

The Elton John Collection, Sotheby's London, September 1988, Lot 1922.