Zemanek-Münster

Figural snuff container ·  D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3041833

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Provenance
French Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, lot 369
Size
H: 13 cm
H: 5.1 inch

Description

wood, slightly shiny brown patina, headgear as container, separate carved peg, min. dam., slight traces of usage, base;
Chokwe and related people smoked tobacco, or inhaled it as snuff within a ritual context in order to honour the memory of lineage ancestors.


The object Figural snuff container with the object ID 3041833 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 357.

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