African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 108

A Congo trumpet

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A Congo trumpet

Democratic Republic of the Congo

antelope horn with brass studs and banding, with the remains of an old printed inventory label 538, 19th century,

46cm long, on a stand.

Provenance

Baptist Missionary Society Collection, Christie's, South Kensington, 26th Sept 1989, lot 92.

David Morris Collection, Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 20th Sept 2017, lot 219.

Finch and Co., London.

Oliver Hoare Ltd, London.