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Lot 619
CEREMONIAL BUFFALO DRINKING HORN WITH BRONZE MOUNT
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Cameroon, Grassland, Fumba, BamumH. 36,5 cm
Abstracted decoration of a dancer with two cow masks in his hands, the finial in the form of a partly pierced bronze face. Dark horn with beautiful age patina.
Important Bavarian private collection, purchased prior 2007
Published: Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich, 1973, No. 412 p. 288
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 1972.4.63, Fletcher Fund, 1972
