Anthropomorphic ritual vessel ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3043001

Description

beige terracotta, remains of blackish brown paint, bellied vessel, modelled with bearded face, navel and breasts (?), fez-like headdress forming the spout, raised burled and deepened dotted tattoos, handle missing, minor missing parts (bulging ridge)

Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 305, ill. 595