Sale 3553
Paris
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19 June 2013
Price realised
EUR 5,000
Estimate
SCEPTRE D'AUTORITE MENDE A MENDE MESSENGER'S STAFF Sierra Leone Hauteur: 71 cm. (28 in.)
Provenance
Collecté par le Révérand et Madame J.M. Lesher vers 1885 Sotheby's, New York, 14 novembre 2003, lot 11 Importante collection privée canadienne
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Ce remarquable et rare sceptre d'autorité mendé fut collecté par un couple d'américains, les Lesher qui, envoyé par The Church United Brethren in Christ, se rendit en Sierra Leone au milieu du XIXème siècle.
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