Cultured charm

A standing male ancestor rests on a carved cylindrical base.
Arms detached from body, hands resting on hips.
The head, with its characteristic long nose, supports a headdress.
3/5ths of the stick is carved with geometric decoration

Used to promote harvests, these hornbeams were planted in the ground.
They are carved at the top with an ancestral figure.
Very often cut by collectors to keep only the carved part.
It’s rare to come across such complete objects.
Edge-Partington lists one in his work (Vol I, page 309, no. 3) in the British Museum.

Price: €3,800