Artfully crafted handle or staff finial ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye) · ID: 3050965

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.

The object Artfully crafted handle or staff finial with the object ID 3050965 was part of the auction Auction 103 on November 16, 2024. The object with the lot number 158 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,000 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.

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Expertise

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

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.