Engraved horn ·  D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3038757

Description

ivory, incised with various scenes of every day life (hunting scenes, different humans and animals), the motifs are accentuated by black colour, round mouth piece, signature “ZAZA Assali”, min. dam., small missing parts (rim), fine cracks

The object Engraved horn with the object ID 3038757 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 462 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.

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Comparing literature

Burssens, Herman, Mangbetu, Brüssel 1992, p. 82