Défense figurative sculptée, env. 1900 ·  R. D. Congo / Angola, Loango · ID: 3048539

Description

ivory, base

The carvings of this impressive tusk are of high artistic quality.

It is carved with a surrounding sprial band and figures that cover the entire object in a dense sequence. They show local porters and colonial lords on horseback or drinking while sitting on a chair.

The depictions on such tusks were not so much a neutral reflection of the reality of the time, but were rather meant as an ironic or accusatory comment by the artist on the world around him.

Such tusks, known as “Loango tusks” (after the old Loango Kingdom that existed in the area from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries) were carved for early travellers to the region.

L’objet Défense figurative sculptée, env. 1900 avec l’ID d’objet 3048539 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 97e Vente aux enchères dans 6 novembre 2021 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 297 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 500 €.

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Littérature comparée

Ross, Doran H. (ed.), Elephant, Los Angeles 1992, p. 38, 1-64

Remarques

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.