Container with lid · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037629
sold
EUR 650
Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
light soft wood, ring-shaped base, beautiful detail: the receptacle is supported by fifteen small hands, sides of the corpus carved in basketry design, the vaulted lid crowned by four pecking birds serving as handles, fine work of carving, slightly dam., missing part at the base, traces of insect caused damage, traces of old age
The object Container with lid with the object ID 3037629 was part of the auction 78th tribal art auction on October 18, 2014. The object with the lot number 360 achieved a sales price of EUR 650 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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