Trumpet
Gabon, Fang
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Craig de Lora, New Jersey, USASize
H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch
Description
ivory, natural grains, fine aged honey and reddish brown patina, polished, the corpus of the broad ending was abraded as thin as a piece of cardboard, the bell mouth is 4,5 cm in diameter, the narrow ending with oval opening, crowned by five stylized human faces without facial features and a flat headgear, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks through age, wooden base
Comparing literature
Falgayrettes-Leveau, Christine, Gabon présence des esprits, Paris 2006, p. 168 f.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.