Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine "gbene" ·  Nigeria, Koro · ID: 3036615

Description

wood, brown patina, pokerwork, in shape of a stylized standing figure, the trunk in shape of a deeply hollowed oval receptacle, various incisions, flat back side, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base

The object Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine “gbene” with the object ID 3036615 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 461 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 307