Lot 54
Makonde Carving of A Scavenger Bird and Corpse, Tanzania
Lot 54 Details
Makonde Carving of A Scavenger Bird and Corpse, Tanzania
Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxyton). Of elongated form and rendered as a stylized and grotesque scavenger bird, possibly a vulture, dragging a human corpse
width 52.8" — 134 cm.
Estimate $600-$800