African & Oceanic Art - 4 - 10 November 2010
A Zulu/Tsonga Cane, Africa, South Africa
Lot Number 14917
£600.00SOLD
£50.00
£650.00
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£741.00
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A Zulu/Tsonga Cane, Africa, South Africa
The elongated cane finishing by a brass end on one side and a female figure on the other. The figure with straight legs, elongated torso framed by arms with open hands, the enlarged head with eyes inlaid with seeds (?), all under a conical coiffure; light brown patina, traces of european varnish.
For a related example with the same coiffure, see the art of Southern Africa, The Terence Pethica Collection, 2007, n. 1 p. 40.
These figurative staffs were prestige items reserved for chiefs and royalty, but were also used among young dandies.
- Size:
- Overall Length: 91 cm. Height of the figure 31.5 cm.
- Condition:
- one arm broken and reglued, one arm restored.
- Estimate:
- £ 200 - 300