Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 811
A Yoruba brass rattle staff
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
A Yoruba brass rattle staff, the Janus head with fine cable borders and a pierced finial, the central shaft with interlaced bands to a pierced triangular base with similar decoration, the head and base with ringlets for bells, missing, 17½in (44.5cm) high.
Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.