Receptacle · South Africa · ID: 3036230
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Provenance
Dietmar Scheit, Berlin, GermanySize
L: 41 cm
L: 16.1 inch
Description
cattle horn, two pieces/nested, strips of animal skin for fixation, wooden base, narrow pointed end with metal application, incised decor;
cattle horns were turned into gun-powder containers and snuff boxes by many southern African peoples.
The object Receptacle with the object ID 3036230 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 643.
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Comparing literature
Klopper, Sandra et. al., The Art of Southern Africa, Milan 2007, p. 166