Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)
A fine Congo ivory oliphant with raised lozenge-shaped enbouchure, the finely hollowed tusk with extensive dotted geometric ornament, fine dark patina, 34in. (86.4cm.) long

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), and thence by descent to the present owner.

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拍品专文

In his exhaustive work on wind instruments from central Africa (La systématique des Aérophones de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, 1974), Jean Sebastien Laurenty illustrates several ivory oliphants with similar dotted ornament (nos. 1.367, 1.375, 1.558, 1.589 and 1.668). All are attributed to the Uele River region of Northern Congo and one more specifically to the Zarde tribe.