Lot 99
  • 99

A Yaka whistle

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

the broad mouthpiece beneath a spherical body and terminating in ahead with exaggerated features including a large upturned nose framed by protruding ears and wearing a crested headdress with brass tacks; with string attached at the neck; softly worn reddish brown patina.

Provenance

Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp

Literature

Bourgeois 1984: 92, figure 79
Robbins and Nooter 1989: 551, figure 1503