A Prestige Staff (SOLD)
Southern Africa
19th Century
The staff is likely to have been made for a chief by a Chopi or Tsonga carver from the Maputo area of present day Mozambique as it shows the same style of ‘bear teeth’ mouth which is a feature of Tsonga Initiation staffs.
length 125 cm (49 in)
Bibliography: The Art of Southern Africa: The Terence Pethica Collection (2007) p.149 no.64