Bell "kunda" and small figure · D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Bwende · ID: 3043121
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Provenance
Joanna Lundin (1875-1935), Swedish MissionarySize
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
Description
wood, a) bell, hourglass-shaped, wooden clappers, h: 12 cm; b) small bulky figure, eyes with white miniature glass beads, pokerwork, h: 4,5 cm
The object Bell “kunda” and small figure with the object ID 3043121 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 372.
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Comparing literature
Reikat, Andrea, Niombo, Begräbnisrituale in Zentralafrika, Köln 1990, p. 82, ill. 64