Trumpet "mpungi" ·  D. R. Congo · ID: 3039186

Description

ivory, matt yellow-white patina, brown paint in the deepenings, diamond-shaped mouth piece, bellmouth with raised ridge on top side and underside, grooved band around the lower rim of the bellmouth, where presumably a cuff from animal skin was attached, slightly dam., traces of usage (traces of a string for support recognizable below the mouth piece), missing parts at the rim of the bellmouth

The object Trumpet “mpungi” with the object ID 3039186 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 444.

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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.