Ritual iron to be planted on an altar, depicting at the top - Lot 19

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Ritual iron to be planted on an altar, depicting at the top - Lot 19
Ritual iron to be planted on an altar, depicting at the top a bird riding a chameleon surrounded by a bouquet of upright stems. Two snakes and a chameleon run up the handle. Thick black iron with sacrificial patina. Yoruba people. Nigeria. Height : 120 cm Provenance : Former collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Pitt-Rivers. Oxford. Great Britain Loudmer sale. Paris. Hôtel Drouot, June 22, 1984, number 112
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