Two hair pins ·  D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3037744

Description

ivory, decorated with delicate blackenend incisions, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of usage, base

The object Two hair pins with the object ID 3037744 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 471 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Burssens, Herman, Mangbetu, Afrikaanse hofkunst uit Belgische privé-verzamlingen, Brüssel 1992, p. 49