Lot 115
  • 115

Boîte à priser en corne, Zulu, Afrique du sud

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Zulu
  • Boîte à priser en corne
  • long. 26,6 cm
  • 10 1/2 in
de forme bulbeuse, munie d'un petit bouchon en bois, le manche-peigne à trois pointes. Belle patine noire, s'éclaircissant aux extrémités.

Provenance

Collection Saul et Marsha Stanoff, New York

Exhibited

African Forms, Cornell, 2004

Literature

Reproduite dans :
Ginzberg, 2000 : 118
Reproduite et exposée dans :
Herreman et Sieber, Hair in African Art and Culture, 2000 : 157, catalogue de l'exposition, Museum for African Art, New York, 9 février - 28 mai 2000

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Two old small chips to lower half of middle 'tail'. Minor old losses to tips of outer two 'tails'.
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