Artfully crafted handle or staff finial

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Description

ivory,

Extremely finely and intricately executed carving. Two larger and four smaller figures with partly European and partly African-style accessories (headgear, jewellery, clothing).

For comparable ivory works attributed to Atié, see Monica Blackmun Visonà in: Art of Côte d’ Ivoire from the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Vol I, Genève 1993, p. 374.

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Expertise

Certificate of the Nature Conservation Authority, Würzburg, No. DE-WÜS241009-304

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Notices

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.

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