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Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930 ·  D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael · ID: 3048995

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Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Bren Heymans, Antwerp, Belgium
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch

Description

pumpkin, kaolin, fire blackening, incised signature “Vela Raphael Kitombe”, min. dam.

Gourds of this type are decorated with motives based on Kongo proverbs, folk-tales and fables. The tradition of engraving calabashes is ancient but these narrative, realistic icons are geared at an expatriate public.


The object Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930 with the object ID 3048995 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 246.

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Publications

Expo cat.: "100 x Congo. Een eeuw Congolese kunst in Antwerpen", Els De Palmenaer (red.), Antwerp: BAI NV, 2020, p. 151, cat. 75

AHDRC: 0188321


Exhibition

Antwerp, Belgium: "100 x Congo. Een eeuw Congolese kunst in Antwerpen / Un siècle d'art congolais à Anvers", 3 October 2020 - 12 September 2021


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