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Description : A wooden carved staff with geometric forms. West Africa. 20th century. 36 1/2h. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: In his book African Art and Leadership Herbert M. Cole examines a tradition of wooden staffs indicating attainment of certain titles. Nathaniel Turner on his website, Chicken Bones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes elaborates by saying: While some may say that tradition is gradually disappearing in some areas or aspects of Igbo culture, it is still thriving in several others especially in the taking and bearing of titles. Sometimes titles are given, and taken to reflect the character of the title bearer or holder. In some other cases the titles are just symbolic, and become a mere symbol of greeting during social interactions. In typical Igbo communities, people are not known, called or greeted by their names but rather by their titles. Some of these titles are self explanatory, but majority require hard thinking to fully decode their meanings, but still each title signifies something or else it becomes a mere nickname.
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