Horn ·  Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3040635

Description

ivory, yellowish brown patina, nails, plant fibre cord, partly coated with silver metal sheet, incised geometrical decor, slightly raised crocodile and two fishes at the broad ending, accentuated by brown pigment rubbed into the deepenings, slightly dam. (silver metal sheet), some nails missing

The object Horn with the object ID 3040635 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 112 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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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.