Magical object
D. R. Congo, Vili
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