Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 299
Two Kukuruku staffs Kabba Province
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350
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Description
Two Kukuruku staffs
Kabba Province, Nigeria
wood, with domed finials on carved open supports and part ribbed, with carved decoration, with metal spike tips, with Norwich Castle Museum labels,
155cm and 156cm long. (2)
Provenance
Arthur Holdsworth Groom, District Officer, Nigeria 1905 - 1917
Loaned to the Castle Museum, Norwich in 1911 and subsequently to the Liverpool Museum.