Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 366
A Fang gunpowder flask Gabon wood
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £90
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Description
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.