OVIMBINDU STAFF
ANGOLA
£580
Auction: 30 November 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Description
carved wood, the long shaft terminating in a crouched figure finial
Dimensions
108cm tall
Provenance
Bernice and Terence Pethica Collection, United Kingdom
Peter Adler, London, United Kingdom
Published:
Klopper, Nettleton and Pethica, The Art of Southern Africa, The Terence Pethica Collection, 2007, n° 66
Note:
"Seated figures like this one are said to represent royal ancestors. Their use on staff finials underlines the importance Ovimbindu and neighbouring communities like the Chokwe placed on the role works of art could play in signalling and thereby unholding the powers vested in chiefs." Klopper, Nettleton and Pethica, 2007.
Footnote
Published:
Klopper, Nettleton and Pethica, The Art of Southern Africa, The Terence Pethica Collection, 2007