Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024
Lot 145
A Luguru staff
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A Luguru staff
Tanzania
with a carved female head finial having a finely ribbed patterned coiffure, forehead scarifications and inset glass bead eyes, the shaft with a pair of breasts above spiral ribbing,
94cm long, on a stand. (2)
Provenance
Estate sale, Library of an English Gentleman.
Private Collection, London, UK.