Carved Congolese Fly Whisk with Wooden Animal Figures and Hide Shield

Item Details

A set of four decorative carved African items. Featured is a Congolese carved fly whisk, with a figural colored wood handle and multi-toned horse hair whisk end. Also included are two carved wooden figures of a walnut rhinoceros and ebony boar, as well as a small decorative shield made of cream cow hide and embellished with three tools affixed by hide to the verso.

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Condition

- to Fair; surface wear, scuffing and discoloration present.

Dimensions

- measures longest animal figure.

Item #

17DAL167-095-002