Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 223
An Igkirra staff Kabba Province
Estimate £600 - £800
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Description
An Igkirra staff
Kabba Province, Nigeria
with a carved wood Janus double head finial, one with a central crest and the other with a knot mounted on an iron shaft with brass mounts and pointed tip,
114.5cm long.
Provenance
Arthur Holdsworth Groom, District Officer, Nigeria 1905 - 1917.
Loaned to the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1911.