Figurally carved tusk ·  D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Loango Coast · ID: 3035597

Description

ivory, accents of black paint, figural decorated with scenes of eyeryday life and animals, arranged in horizontal rows running all around, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
such tusks feature commonplace scenes of contemporary life, especially commercial transactions between whites and blacks. The scenes are depicted in separate vignettes and are not meant to be read as a continous story line. The spiral band acts as ground line for the procession of figures seen in profile. The spiral pattern has a long tradition in the Kongo region and could allude to the path that the people believe the dead follow from earth to the ancestral realm and back again to be reborn.

L’objet Figurally carved tusk avec l’ID d’objet 3035597 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 74th tribal art auction dans 7 septembre 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 316 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

Ross, Doran H. (ed.), Elephant, Los Angeles 1992, p. 36