Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th September 2016
Lot 241
A Zulu / Tsonga staff South Africa wood
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
A Zulu / Tsonga staff
South Africa
wood, with a carved female figure, with knop finial, she wears a triangular cape, back skirt and a loin cloth and with bent boneless arms resting under her breasts, on a tapering shaft, poker work highlights,
99cm long, on a stand. (2)
cf Ladislav Holy, Masks and Figures from Eastern and Southern Africa, figure 133, for similar boneless arms.