Sword · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3041450
Description
completely made from ivory, min. dam., small missing parts, discolourations, fine cracks through age;
carved for representative and decorative purposes.
The object Sword with the object ID 3041450 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 432.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), White gold, black hands, Vol. 8, Brussels 2014, p. 195, ill. 8.67
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.