Lot 15

PAIR OF ANTELOPE STAFFS
ZAMBIA, POSSIBLY TSONGA





African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
£313
Description
carved wood, the long shafts leading to stylised antelope terminals with blackened horns, muzzles and detailing on the faces, one with late 19th / early 20th century label reading "21." (2)
Dimensions
98.5 cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Scotland
Note:
The present examples bear strong stylistic similarities to the antelope headed hatchets variously ascribed to the Tsonga, Zulu & Nyamwezi.




