Tobacco box ·  D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3040721

Description

ivory, yellowish patina, dark pigment in the deepenings, cylindrical corpus with incised circle pattern, eyelet on the backside which originally had been connected with the wooden stopper by a thin leather strap, stopper in shape of an anthropomorphic head with extremely fine carved facial features and coiffure, slightly dam. at the back of the head;
this ivory box once served as a prestige item for its owner.

The object Tobacco box with the object ID 3040721 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 383.

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Comparing literature

Ravenhill, Philip L., Exploring African Art, Washington 1991, p. 19, ill. 6

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.