Pendant "thungbubiel" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3052731

Name: Pendant "thungbubiel"
SKU: 3052731
Price: 1000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

Sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Pierre Robin, Paris, France (1992)
Lempertz, Brussels, 31 March 2012, lot 34
German Private Collection

Size

H: 17,5 cm

H: 6.9 inch

Description

ivory,

“Thungbubiel”, literally translated as “elephant pipe", was worn by high-ranking men and great hunters. The pendants were valuable and highly esteemed, as very few artists possessed the skill to carve these prestigious objects.

The object Pendant “thungbubiel” with the object ID 3052731 was last part of the auction Auction 106 at April 25, 2026 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 250 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Expertise

Certificate of the Nature Conservation Authority, Würzburg, No. DE-WÜS260311-348

Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 257

Publications

AHDRC: 0212362

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.

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