Mixed lot (3 items): Gurunsi, Burkina Faso: Three old bangles made of ivory.
Three Gurunsi bangles of the flat, wide variety. With age-related craquelure and tears. On the inside the ivory displays shiny patina and appears darkened as a result of long use. Two of the three bangles have beautiful, old, original repairs made with hallmarked sheet iron stripes and metal studs. Between the end of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century; dimensions: 16 x 13 cm, 15 x 13 cm, 13 x 12 cm; c. 1.2 cm thick. (ME)
ASA
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
05.11.2014 - 13:00
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,500.-
Mixed lot (3 items): Gurunsi, Burkina Faso: Three old bangles made of ivory.
Three Gurunsi bangles of the flat, wide variety. With age-related craquelure and tears. On the inside the ivory displays shiny patina and appears darkened as a result of long use. Two of the three bangles have beautiful, old, original repairs made with hallmarked sheet iron stripes and metal studs. Between the end of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century; dimensions: 16 x 13 cm, 15 x 13 cm, 13 x 12 cm; c. 1.2 cm thick. (ME)
ASA
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 05.11.2014 - 13:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 31.10. - 05.11.2014 |