A MAURITANIAN TRAVELLING CHEST

A MAURITANIAN TRAVELLING CHEST

PROBABLY MAURES OR TUAREG, LATE 19TH CENTURY

the hardwood body with cut iron, copper and brass decoration around brass rondels, a pair of hoops to the front and previously with matching hoops to the reverse, with a cut brass latch and key, the slightly domed, hinged cover enclosing a vacant interior

22cm high, 53.8cm wide, 29cm deep

Catalogue Note

See Sotheby's, The Art of The Islamic World, 27 October 2020, lot 504 for a similar chest.