Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024

Lot 146

A Luguru staff

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500

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Description

A Luguru staff
Tanzania
with a carved female head finial having a part ribbed coiffure, facial scarifications and inset glass bead eyes, the neck and top of the shaft with incised linear and cross hatched decoration, with a long iron tapered tip,
144cm long, on a stand. (2)

Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium.
Lempertz, Brussels.
Private Collection, UK.

AHDRC No. ao-0169065-001.