Sujet
Staff, 1800s-1900s. Creator: The Baboon Master (African).
Légende
Staff, 1800s-1900s. Arguably the finest surviving carving of the Baboon Master in a Western collection, this staff features exceptionally sophisticated articulation and detailing. The circular pokerwork motif on one side?which echoes the treatment of the ears on the male heads supporting the baboon?may represent a shield or a leaf. The heads feature the characteristic ornament that signifies maturity and marriage; covered with a mixture of gum, charcoal, and oil, this hairdo, called isicoco, employed a fiber or sinew ring into which the wearer?s hair was woven.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G07_303
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
72,1Mo (2,5Mo) / 32,5cm x 55,6cm / 3839 x 6567 (300dpi)