Horn ·  Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3042874

Description

ivory, honey brown patina, ornamentally carved, rectangular mouthpiece, handwritten collection number “1251”, min. dam., cracks, small missing part (rim), base.
Used at public appearances of kings and other high officials.

The object Horn with the object ID 3042874 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 296.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 52, ill. 17

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.