Bowl, palmwine cup and container for gunpowder · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3046459
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)
The object Bowl, palmwine cup and container for gunpowder with the object ID 3046459 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 88 achieved a sales price of EUR 475.
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Comparing literature
Morin, Floriane & Wastiau, Boris (ed.), African Terra Cottas, Geneva 2008, p. 365, Cat. 173 (a)