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Pair of Losso (?) Knife-Form Staffs, Ghana / Togo

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Pair of Losso (?) Knife-Form Staffs, Ghana / Togo

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Description

Wonderful pair of West African staffs with finials resembling spear points or knives.

Precise ethnography is uncertain though the treatment bears resemblance to shrine objects across Togo and Ghana (Losso, Adan, Ewe etc.)
Rendered from wood and covered thoroughly in successive coats of white kaolin clay. In the few places where the clay surface has broken off, incised texture is visible on each of the "blade" shapes.

Presented on custom steel bases.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Boston, MA

Condition

Point of one staff with losses as pictured.

Dimensions

19 in

Weight

1.75 lb

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Pair of Losso (?) Knife-Form Staffs, Ghana / Togo

Name: Pair of Losso (?) Knife-Form Staffs, Ghana / Togo
SKU: 147234378
Price: 70 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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