Zemanek-Münster
Trumpet
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Lot 139
78th tribal art auction

Trumpet

Sierra Leone, Mende
not available anymore
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Size
L: 65 cm
L: 25.6 inch

Description

ivory, honey brown patina, two metal sheet applications, oval mouthpiece, carved with an anthropomorphic head, min. dam., cracks through age, slight traces of abrasion

Comparing literature

Lamp, Frederick, African Art of the West Atlantic Coast, New York 1979, p. 13, ill. 1
Africa

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