MICHAEL CICHON
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A fine and rare Benin ceremonial sword
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Pre 1837 VR item# 774409 (stock# B256)
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michael cichon tribal arts
941.224.0440
$5,800.00 (Buyer Alert ! Compare to Sotheby's Auction, Lot 65, Sale N08444, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, New York, May 16 2008)
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In the thirteenth or fourteenth century, AD, a state emerged in what is today Nigeria. By the fifteenth century the state had become a powerful warrior kingdom, with the divine kingship at the center of its political, religious, and social life. Nearly all art was created to honor the king, or Oba. The Benin court flourished until the end of the nineteenth century. Royal staffs signifying kingship were often displayed in the royal court and continue to be today.
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