Spoon ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3043712

Description

ivory, brown patina, min. dam., fine cracks (ladle).
Older men who are high-level members of “bwami” eat with an ivory spoon, reminding those watching of their status and value to the community.

The object Spoon with the object ID 3043712 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 424 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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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.