A Baule staff

A Baule staff

Ivory Coast

with a janus head finial, male and female with the remains of red pigment, one side with two holes, probably for a handle, above a knop with two relief carved masks, the base of the shaft with a tapered square tip with diaper carving,

125cm long, on a base. (2)

Provenance

Jean Marie Hornung, collected 2017.

Private Collection, UK.