Igbo figure - Figure - Igbo - Nigeria






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Figure Igbo : un bâton d’autorité Ofo, sculpté en bois et provenant d’Igbo au Nigeria, d’époque environ 1850–1900, orné de motifs en fer martelé et d’un grand heaume semi-sphérique en fer; dimensions 44 × 9 × 7 cm, état d’usage bon, vendu sans socle, provenance Collection Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris.
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Un rare bâton d'autorité Ofo Igbo.
A carved wooden staff decorated with hand hammered iron designs and a large iron semi-spherical headdress. This staff is known as an "Ofo" which is a ritual symbol of authority among the Igbo. According to literature this is the supreme ancestral symbol, the staff of traditional authority and influence as well as the symbol of justice, truth and right living. Such staffs are carried by chiefs, priests and the heads of villages as a symbol of their power.
Provenance: Jean-Michel Huguenin Collection, Paris
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Un rare bâton d'autorité Ofo Igbo.
A carved wooden staff decorated with hand hammered iron designs and a large iron semi-spherical headdress. This staff is known as an "Ofo" which is a ritual symbol of authority among the Igbo. According to literature this is the supreme ancestral symbol, the staff of traditional authority and influence as well as the symbol of justice, truth and right living. Such staffs are carried by chiefs, priests and the heads of villages as a symbol of their power.
Provenance: Jean-Michel Huguenin Collection, Paris
