Figurally carved tusk · D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3043163

Name: Figurally carved tusk
SKU: 3043163
Price: 1000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain

Size

H: 46 cm

H: 18.1 inch

Description

ivory, figurally decorated with scenes of eyeryday life, arranged in spiral bands, min. dam., missing parts at the lower rim, fine cracks, base.
The spiral pattern has a long tradition in the Congo 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 3043163 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 383 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Publications

AHDRC: 0150613

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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