Zemanek-Münster

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)


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