Three trumpets "mpungi" ·  D. R. Congo, Azande/Mangbetu · ID: 3039174

Description

ivory, reddish brown patina, remains of black paint, a) diamond-shaped mouth piece with rectangular hole on the convex side of the tusk, plant fibre cord, fine crack, rim of the bell mouth dam., l: 51,5 cm; b) massive heavy horn with rectangular mouth piece, incised linear decor, missing parts at the rim of the bell mouth, l: 43 cm; c) small horn, minor missing parts at the bell mouth, abrasion of paint, l: 36 cm

The object Three trumpets “mpungi” with the object ID 3039174 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 358.

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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.