Box with lid ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3035762

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.

The object Box with lid with the object ID 3035762 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 108 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 70