Anthropomorphic double cup "mbwoong ntey" ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3037943

Description

wood, matt greyish brown patina, remains of shiny black patina in some places, tube-like bent corpus with the upper endings in shape of human heads touching each other with the back of their heads, striking fine and accurate carved decor (hairdo, beard), cross- and plaited band patterns at the base, endless-knot motif at the coiffure, delicate incised decor even at the broad rims of the receptacle, collection number handwritten in white paint at the bottom: “K291 218-…” (unreadable), slightly dam. (ears), abrasion of paint, used patina

The object Anthropomorphic double cup “mbwoong ntey” with the object ID 3037943 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 416 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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