Figurally carved tusk ·  D. R. Congo, Loango Coast · ID: 3032194

Description

ivory, completley decorated with human figures arranged in horizontal rows, min. dam., on wooden base;
such tusks feature commonplace scenes of contemporary life, especially commercial transactions between whites and blacks. The spiraling pattern has a long history in the Kongo region and could allude to the path that the people believe the dead follow from earth to the ancestral realm and back again to be reborn.

The object Figurally carved tusk with the object ID 3032194 was part of the auction 68th tribal art auction on March 3, 2012. The object with the lot number 118 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 800.

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