TWO AFRICAN IVORY CARVED TUSKS AND WOOD STAND,Congo. The tusks carved with foliate decoration, the stand with circular base with foliate decoration , the center with two foliate. Together with an ebony vase carved to depict birds and foliate decoraiton - Tusk with stand: 13 in. high. Estimate $500-700
PROVENANCE: Property of the Estate of Ernest Van Avermaet, author of the Kiluba-French Dictionary (MRCB Sciences De L'Homme, Linguistique, Vol. 7, Tervuren, 1954), acquired in Congo in the 1930s.
