A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey
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A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey.A carved wooden colonial era staff with a honey colored surface patina and featuring an anthropomorphic figure in colonial garb.Ovimbundu peoples, Angola, West Central Africa.The staff measures 35 inches tall on it's custom base.Provenance: Irwin and Marcia Hersey, New York. Ex Sothebys Auction, May 8th 1989, lot 264. Also Ex Arte Primitivo auctions, New York. Also Ex Robert Banks collection, Maryland, USA. Ex Dr Gilbert Jackson, MD, USA.Listed in the Van Rijn Archive # ao-0044491-001 Part of the AHDRC.Condition is Good.
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A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey
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