"Cane - Yoruba Culture, Nigeria - 19th Century Or Earlier"
CANEYoruba culture, Nigeria
19th century or earlier
Bronze and iron
H. 148 ; L. 4 ; W. 9.5 cm
A cane whose shaft is composed of twenty superimposed FACEs and two anthropomorphic CHARACTERS seated on circular bases. One of them is the pommel: he has a particularly stretched torso, his hands rest on his upper body, his body is dotted with circular scarification marks in relief and he wears a tiered, openwork headdress. An arched protuberance ending in a bearded face forms the base of his seat. The figure in the middle appears to be holding offerings.
The tip is finished with an iron yoke.
Reference : 3972
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