Glaze, Anita J. and Alfred L. Scheinberg, Discoveries: African Art from the Smiley Collection, Champaign-Urbana: Krannert Art Museum, 1989.
Appraisal
Harmer Johnson
New York
Cecilia and Irwin Smiley
New York
December 14, 1998
2. BENIN BRASS DANCE WAND
Nigeria
18th century
With a long slender flat blade with overall guilloche design on both surfaces, long shaft haft with two pairs of standing figures holding swords and wearing regalia, and geometric deisgns.
Height 34 1/2 inches.
Provenance:
Volta Place Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1983.
Literature:
African Arts, Volumne XVI, Number 2, 1983, p. 71 (Uncommon Choices, exhibition at Volta Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.)