Wooden Ritual Post - Tiv People, Nigeria
Wooden Ritual Post - Tiv People, Nigeria
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Wooden Ritual Post - Tiv People, Nigeria

$985.00
A very unusual and rare Tiv peoples carved wooden post figure with metal receptacle on top, most likely to hold a bowl of offerings.
The Post has an ancestor face carved on it accented with black and white paints and ritual facial scars that suggest a Tiv peoples attribution.
The polygynous Tiv live on both sides of the Benue River in Nigeria.
We reinforced the display stand.
Provenance: Ex Dr Noble & Jean Endicott collection, New York, also a private New Jersey collection.

Height: 26 ½" including the 6" square wooden base which is 1 ¾" tall. The Post measures 25 inches tall.

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