Fly whisk handle ? · D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3043111
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Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, the lower part carved with geometric ornaments, crowned by standing monkey with a hole on the parting, rising from half moon-shaped base with a stylized face, pointed tip with drilled hole, min. dam., cracks, slightly traces of abrasion, base
The object Fly whisk handle ? with the object ID 3043111 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 383.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), Kongo Kingdom Art, China 2003, p. 263, ill. 7.22
Publications
AHDRC: 0002870 (comparable object)