Figural drinking cup "(n)gbene" · Nigeria, Koro · ID: 3048660
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Collection Madame B.Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, 23 June 1997, Lot 10
Size
H: 46,5 cm
H: 18.3 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, residues of mass, rest.
According to Roy Sieber, this type of cup was used during ceremonial sacrifices and second funeral rites, to drink beer or palm wine.
Comparing literature
Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, p. 282, cat. no.150 ff.