Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue Mexican silver "Americans 1963" is the catalogue

"Americans 1963" is the catalogue for the MoMA exhibition of the same title

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4 3/4" long x 2 1/4" tall x 1/4" thick

Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue Mexican silver "Americans 1963" is the catalogueWhat I love about this vintage carved lion is its very long tongue! It's made of bone and painted with a red stripe down the middle, then framed by bone fangs on either side making for quite a dramatic portrayal of a creature on the prowl! The eyes are bone too, and the rest of it carved of ebony. Made it in Africa I believe and probably at least a few decades old. Overall good condition. There are a couple of splits scrapes on the surface of its