A ZANDE IVORY 'OLIPHANT', the head finial with tall incised coiffure, the body incised and blackened with two figures pounding, a maternity figure, two figures paddling a canoe, a figure with a bow and arrow hunting a bird, a figure kneeling before another, a figure holding a throwing-knife and a bird with a snake in its beak, the raised band without aperture, creamy patina