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Lot 166

A ceremonial drinking horn

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

Result:

2.201 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Bamileke, Cameroon grassland
L. 22 cm
Buffalo horn. The dark horn is skilfully carved on both sides with curvilinear, crescent-shaped motifs. A burled ridge in the centre.
Collection Helmut Zake (1918-1995), Heidelberg, German historian and founder of the Gesellschaft für Ethnologie und Stammeskunst, in family ownership through inheritance - Minor damages, cracks