Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine "gbene" · Nigeria, Koro · ID: 3038806
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Provenance
Christian Humburg, Mainz, GermanyManfred Magin, Hemsbach, Germany
Size
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
light brown patina, partly encrusted dark brown patina, in shape of a stylized standing figure, the trunk in shape of a deeply hollowed oval receptacle, flat backside, rep., min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, minor missing parts
The object Figural drinking receptacle for palm wine “gbene” with the object ID 3038806 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 345.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 307
Publications
Mensch, Bernhard (Hg.), Welt der Gefäße, Oberhausen 2004, p. 13