Description
wood and braided palm fibre, decorated with a geometric pattern of intersecting lines dyed in black
Dimensions
70cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany, acquired before 1914
Uwe Nissen, Kiel
Sotheby's Paris, 12th December 2012, Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie (lot 118)
Chester Jones, London
Note:
Cf. Benitez-Johannot, Purissima and Jean Paul Barbier, Shields: Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania, Prestel, 2000, fig. 3