Crescent-shaped container with lid · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3051716
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection, Munich
Description
wood, brass nails, “twool” (redwood flour),
The Kuba carve wood boxes in a wide variety of forms to hold small prized possessions (razors, feathers, beads, etc.). They often appear to have been used for “twool” (ground camwood from the heartwood of the mulombwa tree), which was used to adorn the face, hair and chest during dances and important ceremonies.
Since the contents of the boxes were very valuable, the boxes themselves were also lavishly decorated with beautifully and intricately carved patterns. The Kuba also expressed the same design preferences in their palm wine goblets, drums, textiles, pipes, etc.
The object Crescent-shaped container with lid with the object ID 3051716 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 253 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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