Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 225
A Yoruba leather bound life preserver club Kabba Province
Estimate £100 - £200
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Description
A Yoruba leather bound life preserver club
Kabba Province, Nigeria
ribbed with woven strips of dyed leather through the main leather covering, with two strap handles, with Liverpool and Norwich Castle Museums labels,
59cm long.
Provenance
Arthur Holdsworth Groom, District Officer, Nigeria 1905 - 1917.
Loaned to the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1911.