Magical object · D. R. Congo, Vili · ID: 3022751
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
collected in situ (1960)Size
D: ca. 14 cm
D: ca. 5.5 inch
Description
half-spherical, made of various layers of loose wickerwork, the top side closed by a blackish, terracotta-like mass, framed by four rows of knotted grass strings, revealing an animal skull (presumably monkey) in the centre, pieces of fur
The object Magical object with the object ID 3022751 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 528 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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