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This is the rating and price for An Akan Interlocutor'S Staff Finial



Description : Akan, Ghana, L: 11 1/2Of typical form, the group of figures covered in thick gold foil. Some minor losses, however overall excellent condition.Comments: This, object, called, poma akyi would have served as the finial of a staff of a principal counselor and spokesman, Okyeame, for a paramount chief, they are used by the Ashanti and the Akan in general as indirect communication to clientele. Every chief had two or more staffs in reference to a variety of social and political situations matched by relevant messages on the finial. This wooden object covered with gold-leaf depicts a seated noble who points to his eye with his index finger and is confronted by three smaller figures who stand before an animal. The finger to eye gesture refers to the proverb:
Price: 2 361.60 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 4000 USD-6000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 177
Title : An Akan Interlocutor'S Staff Finial
Size : L: 11 1/2
Provenance : - Zollman Collection, IND - Gelbard collection, NY
Literature : Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz, Pg. 16, Fig. 35
The Cobbs, auctioneer, Peterborough, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Sale date : 02 Nov 2013 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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