ISHAN TALISMAN
NIGERIA, LATE 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
£938
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 1 May 2019 from 12:00 BST
Description
carved BONE/IVORY, depicting a goat or antelope head, with a long cyclindrical neck, erect ears and gentling curving horns
Dimensions
13cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Scotland.
Note:
For a parallel example executed in wood and acquired from W.O. Oldman in 1921, please see; Penn Museum, Philadelphia, accession number AF.5078.