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Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930, D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael, Size: H: 25 cm (H: 9.8 inch), ID: 3048995
Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930, D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael, Size: H: 25 cm (H: 9.8 inch), ID: 3048995 - 2/5 Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930, D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael, Size: H: 25 cm (H: 9.8 inch), ID: 3048995 - 3/5 Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930, D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael, Size: H: 25 cm (H: 9.8 inch), ID: 3048995 - 4/5 Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930, D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael, Size: H: 25 cm (H: 9.8 inch), ID: 3048995 - 5/5
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Lot 246
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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.

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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