Figural vessel "kwandalha" · Nigeria, Longuda · ID: 3033770
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Size
H: 56 cm
H: 22.0 inch
Description
beige coloured terracotta, blackened in parts, bellied corpus, short raised arms and an elongated head with simplified facial features, spout in the area of the chest., rep. (arm), minor missing parts, on base;
the Longuda produced figural vessels for soothsaying, the healing of diseases and the protection of unborn children.
The object Figural vessel “kwandalha” with the object ID 3033770 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 245.
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Comparing literature
Berns, Marla C. et. al.; Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 480, ill. 16.5