Container ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3036878

Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, bulbous container rising from four feet, the lid carved with a bird sculpture (chicken?), min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion;
probably used for storing unguents.

The object Container with the object ID 3036878 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 221 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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Comparing literature

Koloß, Hans-Joachim, Die Kunst der Senufo, Berlin 1990, p. 31, ill. 23