Zemanek-Münster

Snuff container ·  Kenya, Masai · ID: 3033029

sold EUR 300
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
Size
H: 7,5 cm
H: 3.0 inch

Description

ivory, lid made from hippo skin, decorated with coloured miniature glass beads and a button, metal necklace, min. dam., cracks


The object Snuff container with the object ID 3033029 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 458 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 116


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