The Zigua are found in Tanzania, their primary religion is Islam. They are part of the Bantu, East-Coastal people cluster found in the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Often the staffs represented the hierarchy among the chiefs of the tribe, who might carry a staff to show their rank as distinguished elders. The zigua made staffs with semi-abstract details like snakes, cows, dogs, horns and more, staffs of this kind underlined the importance of these animals as symbols of wealth, fertility and a form of communication with the royal and other ancestors. This is a well-sculpted Zigua staff ‘sceptre’, of office or dance staff carved in hard, black wood. It has an animal figure at the top to act as a handle, it has a brown worn out patina and of considerable age.
- Material: Light Wood
- Condition: Fairly good
- Age:approx 50-60yrs
- Origin: Tanzania
- SKU: LMCL-046
- Weight: 0.2 kg
- Dimensions: 2.2 x 56.5 x 2.2 cm