Large ivory ring ·  West Africa · ID: 3041355

Description

cut from the broad end of elephant tusk, yellowish patina on the outside, inner side dark brown, old rep. (crack clamped by brass lamellas and nails);
when the Portuguese and then other Europeans began trading in ivory it became linked to the slave trade. Captured Africans were used to carry ivory from the interior to the coast, where both would be sold. A tusk was worth two to three times the price of a slave.

The object Large ivory ring with the object ID 3041355 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 108 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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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.