A FINE CHOKWE WHISTLE

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A FINE CHOKWE WHISTLE
With carved waisted rectangular face, the mbinga coiffure with two projections, the bulbous body with two stops, pierced neck, dark glossy patina
8cm. high

出版

Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.81, fig.76

注意事項

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品專文

Whistles were used by the Chokwe to recall people to the village, to summon help out hunting and to rouse people in battle. The headdress represents the mask which personified the spirit of fertility and of protection out hunting, the horns that of the antelope tengu