Powder horn ·  Sierra Leone, Kissi/Mende/Toma/Temne · ID: 3043981

Description

ivory, silver metal sheet, base

Made in the tradition of Sapi-Portuguese artfacts. The ivories incorporate both African and Portuguese forms. Beautiful ivory carvings, known in the literature as “Afro-Portuguese” ivories, were commissioned by Portuguese sailors who visited this area. “Sapi” is the name given to the peoples that lived along coastal Sierra Leone by Portuguese traders during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Comparing literature

Bassani, Ezio & William Fagg, Africa and Renaissance: Art in Ivory, New York 1988, ill. 285

Publications

AHDRC: 0146081

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.