Horn ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo · ID: 3038756

Description

ivory, accents of black paint, figurally decorated with scenes of eyeryday life and animals, arranged in spiral-shaped rows running around the horn, oval mouthpiece, surmounted by human half figure, min. dam., small missing parts (rim), cracks

The object Horn with the object ID 3038756 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 406 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

Ross, Doran H. (ed.), Elephant, Los Angeles 1992, p. 36