Container · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3036878
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Pierre Langlois, Paris, FranceSize
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Koloß, Hans-Joachim, Die Kunst der Senufo, Berlin 1990, p. 31, ill. 23