• Art Africain et Océanien auction at Christies

    Sale 3553

    Art Africain et Océanien

    Paris

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    19 June 2013

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    • STATUE MENDE MENDE FIGURE
    Lot 110

    SCEPTRE D'AUTORITE MENDE
    A MENDE MESSENGER'S STAFF

    SIERRA LEONE

    Price realised

    EUR 5,000

    Estimate

    EUR 5,000 - EUR 7,000

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    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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    Lot Essay

    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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