Beschreibung : Trumpet Fang, Gabun ivory, natural grains, fine aged honey and reddish brown patina, polished, the corpus of the broad ending was abraded as thin as a piece of cardboard, the bell mouth is 11 cm in diameter, the narrow ending with oval opening and diamond-shaped framing, crowned by a janus-head with incised facial features, collection number at the bottom Ko/5, slightly dam., missing part at the lower rim, on base L: 58 cm, (4957/009) Provenance Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1956) Published in Bollington Foundation, Series XXXII, African Sculpture, illus. 147, New York 1952, Lempertz, Tribal Art, Africa, Auction 900, Brussels, 28. April 2007, lot 107
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Über das Lot Chargen- 363 Titel : Trumpet Fang, EPOCHE : 1956 Größe : L: 58 cm