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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9492642, member: 8267"]I would try communicating with Curious Antiques, who is offering a similar carving on ebay (and sellingantiques), which they date to c.1910. I would want to ask what evidence they have that supports that date -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/265092514578?hash=item3db8bec312:g:U54AAOSwf3pgUz8x" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/265092514578?hash=item3db8bec312:g:U54AAOSwf3pgUz8x" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.ca/itm/265092514578?hash=item3db8bec312:g:U54AAOSwf3pgUz8x</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/788073/large-african-carved-water-buffalo-thigh-bone-c1910/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/788073/large-african-carved-water-buffalo-thigh-bone-c1910/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/788073/large-african-carved-water-buffalo-thigh-bone-c1910/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A few other examples I found online claim similar early 20th century dates, but this may be an instance of internet misinformation reproducing itself. The styles and patinas on these are so similar that they might all have come from the same workshop - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bobshop.co.za/item/590049710/Stunning_Vintage_Possibly_1920_s_Ashanti_African_Hand_Carved_Bone_Leg_H_38_cm.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bobshop.co.za/item/590049710/Stunning_Vintage_Possibly_1920_s_Ashanti_African_Hand_Carved_Bone_Leg_H_38_cm.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bobshop.co.za/item/590049710/Stunning_Vintage_Possibly_1920_s_Ashanti_African_Hand_Carved_Bone_Leg_H_38_cm.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/926577/1920s-ashanti-african-carved-bone-leg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/926577/1920s-ashanti-african-carved-bone-leg/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/926577/1920s-ashanti-african-carved-bone-leg/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/african-carved-bone-sculpture-251-c-7494b93b35" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/african-carved-bone-sculpture-251-c-7494b93b35" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/african-carved-bone-sculpture-251-c-7494b93b35</a></p><p><br /></p><p>African souvenir art can be difficult to date. It generally has not been studied to establish a reliable chronology. I would like someone to be able to say something like "this souvenir was bought by granddad when he worked in Nigeria in 1920". A clue might be the use of what appears to be bovine bone. Prior to the 1989 CITES agreement protecting elephants, ivory would have been a more desirable material to use.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9492642, member: 8267"]I would try communicating with Curious Antiques, who is offering a similar carving on ebay (and sellingantiques), which they date to c.1910. I would want to ask what evidence they have that supports that date - [URL]https://www.ebay.ca/itm/265092514578?hash=item3db8bec312:g:U54AAOSwf3pgUz8x[/URL] [URL]https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/788073/large-african-carved-water-buffalo-thigh-bone-c1910/[/URL] A few other examples I found online claim similar early 20th century dates, but this may be an instance of internet misinformation reproducing itself. The styles and patinas on these are so similar that they might all have come from the same workshop - [URL]https://www.bobshop.co.za/item/590049710/Stunning_Vintage_Possibly_1920_s_Ashanti_African_Hand_Carved_Bone_Leg_H_38_cm.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/926577/1920s-ashanti-african-carved-bone-leg/[/URL] [URL]https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/african-carved-bone-sculpture-251-c-7494b93b35[/URL] African souvenir art can be difficult to date. It generally has not been studied to establish a reliable chronology. I would like someone to be able to say something like "this souvenir was bought by granddad when he worked in Nigeria in 1920". A clue might be the use of what appears to be bovine bone. Prior to the 1989 CITES agreement protecting elephants, ivory would have been a more desirable material to use.[/QUOTE]
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