Dan, Ivory Coast, ex-Charles Ratton
Probable age XIXth century.
wood, shiny, dark
brown patina, cupper tacks, two-parted cylindrical handle, the middle section
carved with incised concentric ornaments and two plug-shaped projections aside,
the upper conical-shaped part crowned by two curved horns, minor damages,
fissures, missing parts (horn tip, metal tacks).
Staff is mounted on a wooden base; probably the upper part of the staff of
the chief used to speak out judgments.
H: 58 cm, (5202/001)
H: 22.8 inch
Provenance
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, France
Yale African Art Database Archives Registration No.
0113966
Price: NOT AVAILABLE
Dan Staff information request of
availability
Bibliography
Four Dan Sculptors: Continuity and Change
~ Barbara C. Johnson
Dan
Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d'Ivoire (African
Expressive Culture)
~ Daniel B. Reed
more books ? Read the Dan
tribe of West Africa





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Dan
Staff, provenance Charles Ratton
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Price: 3,200 €