Zemanek-Münster

Bowl, palmwine cup and container for gunpowder

D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 475
Provenance
Axell Seve (1907-1982), Sweden (a)
Belgian Private Collection, Anderlecht (b)
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (a/b/c)

Description

a) bowl with suspension hook, terracotta, red pigment, plant fibre, wood peg, ring-shaped base, d: ca. 19,5 cm; b) palmwine cup, Kuba/Lele, h: 12,8 cm; d: 7 cm; c) lidded container for gunpowder “tutukipfula”, h: 16 cm, crack/breakage (lid)


Comparing literature

Morin, Floriane & Wastiau, Boris (ed.), African Terra Cottas, Geneva 2008, p. 365, Cat. 173 (a)

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