Lot 34
  • 34

Sifflet en ivoire, Pende, République Démocratique du Congo

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 EUR
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Description

  • Sifflet en ivoire, Pende
  • haut. 9 cm
  • 3 3/4 in
de forme tubulaire, sculpté à son extrémité d'une palette ornée de motifs points cercles pyrogravés. Il est doté, au dos, d'un crochet de suspension. Belle patine laiteuse, plus foncée au dos.

Exhibited

Djedje, Turn up the volume : a celebration of African Music, UCCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, 1999
African Forms, NY, Dav., San Diego, M.H. et Cornell, 2001 - 2004

Literature

Ginzberg, 2000 : 143

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Some hairline cracks, the longest of which is approximately 4.5cm long, as evidenced by the catalogue illustration.
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