Box with lid · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3035762
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, GermanySize
H: 6,5 cm
L: 31,5 cm
H: 2.6 inch
L: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, sickle-shaped, Kuba characteristic fine ornaments, pigment remains inside, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
Kuba women owned sickle-shaped boxes to keep cosmetics, needles, beads and other personal belongings.
Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 70