Hair pin ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3040166

Description

ivory, surmounted by a human head with fine carved coiffure and typical facial features, min. dam., small missing parts (tip), base

The object Hair pin with the object ID 3040166 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 489.

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Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Luba, Aan de Bronnen van de Zaire, Paris 1994, p. 171

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.