A Fang gunpowder flask Gabon wood

A Fang gunpowder flask

Gabon

wood, sheet brass, reptile skin and brass studs, of ovoid form with remains of linear decoration and with a wide circular cover,

18.5cm long,

and a Jarawa headboard, with incised decoration, used for balancing and carrying objects on the head, 47cm long. (3)

Provenance

The David Morris Collection.

Flask - Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, March 2000.

Headboard - Ian Auld, London, March 1988.