Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1452
A Dan staff
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
A Dan staff
Ivory Coast
carved a stylised animal head finial with a pair of horns and inset brass tacks, on a knoped shaft with scalloped, triangle and cowrie shell decoration, with aluminium and brass bands,
121cm long, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Purchased in Paris in the early 1990s.
By repute exhibited at the Grand Palais in 1989.