Lot 123
  • 123

A Kongo whistle

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

A duiker horn supporting the finial composed of a cross-legged figure wearing a colonial hat, holding a staff and seated on a quadruped; varied and encrusted reddish brown patina.

Catalogue Note

Cf. Kan (1995, 131, figure 60 (no. 79.154) for a closely related whistle in the collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts.