Specifications

• Length: 18 cm
• Material: buffalo horn
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: salempang
• Price realised: € 2.700,- hp

Provenance

Bruce Carpenter, Haarlem, Herbert Juan da Silva, The Hague, De Zwaan, Amsterdam 6-11-2018, lot 3310

Publications

Additional information

Fine example of typical gunpowder container, but with an unusually well engraved body. The anthropomorphic and grooved head at the back is exceptional.

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam