Text, Scepter Finial, mitre-like headgear

Bode Museum

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Scepter finial. Chokwe (Angola), mid-19th century, wood, brass tacks, metal, acquired in 1876 from Alexander von Homeyer, III C 778. This scepter finial incorporates materials that came from far beyond the borders of the Chokwe region. The earring of the carved head and the brass tacks along the front are both of European origin. But this finial, with its almost baroque curves, closely recalls the heads of European scepters and heraldic shields. This is located in Bode museum.

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Carved face wearing mitre-like headgear scepter finial, located in Bode Museum

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