Ceremonial cup · Nigeria, Koro · ID: 3035550
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Size
H: 45,5 cm
H: 17.9 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, oval form, crowned by a bent pair of horns, rep. (breakage, left horn), slight traces of abrasion, socle;
the Koro are a small Kwa-speaking ethnical group of 20000 people settling in the north-west of the Afo.
The object Ceremonial cup with the object ID 3035550 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 230.
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Comparing literature
Yale Archive No. 0052452 (comparable object)