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.