Necklace "mulua u a mpu" ("onloua")

D. R. Congo, Teke

sold EUR 800

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

D: ca. 30 cm / 19,5 cm (outside/inside)

D: ca. 11.8 inch / 7.7 inch (outside/inside)

Description

copper alloy (bronze, brass),

These elaborate necklaces were an important symbol of prestige and power of Bateke chiefs.

Lehuard, Raoul, Les arts Bateke, Arnouville 1996, p. 160

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