Horn / trumpet ("oliphant") "namburuse" ·  D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3045772

Description

ivory,
These trumpets were used to accompany courtly dances (“mabolo”), they also announced the king’s movements and his victories. They were usually played in pairs, aligned in the same direction.

The object Horn / trumpet (“oliphant”) “namburuse” with the object ID 3045772 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 225 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300.

Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about African art.

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.