Trumpet · Gabon, Fang/Tsogho · ID: 3039183
Christie’s, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998, lot 89
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany
German Private Collection
Description
ivory, reddish brown and black patina, the head piece carved with four mask faces, two of them highly stylized with pierced nose, diamond-shaped mouth piece, the bell-mouth cut hexagonal, carved ornaments at the lower rim, painted ornaments in the area of the mouth piece, slightly dam., minor missing parts (disc-shaped head piece), fine crack, base;
Radin and Sweeney locate a stylistically comparable trumpet with the Fang (compare GVR 0054283).
The object Trumpet with the object ID 3039183 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 413 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Radin (Paul) & Sweeney (James Johnson), African Folktales and Sculpture, New York, 1952, ill.147