ZULU HIPPO TUSK ARMLET
£480
Auction: 25 June 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
the two curved pieces of tusk secured by wire fittings, with a handwritten label 'African, arm-ornament made of hippo-tusk from Pongo-land'
Dimensions
8.5cm wide (at widest point)
Footnote
Provenance: this lot was acquired by the war artist, Charles Edwin Fripp (1854-1906) when spending time in South Africa. The British-born Canadian artist spent much time during the late 19th century drawing and painting military scenes in this area, and has work exhibited in the National Army Museum in London and Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regimental Museum in Salisbury.