Trumpet "mpungi" ·  D. R. Congo, Azande · ID: 3039185

Description

ivory, matt yellowish patina, leather cuff, raised lancet-shaped mouthpiece on the inside of the curvature, raised band ornament with grooves on the reverse side, slightly dam., fine crack at the bottom, partly spread with mass, minor missing parts at the rim of the bell mouth

The object Trumpet “mpungi” with the object ID 3039185 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 357.

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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.