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Necklace "mulua u a mpu" ("onloua"), D. R. Congo, Teke, Size: D: ca. 30 cm / 19,5 cm (outside/inside) (D: ca. 11.8 inch / 7.7 inch (outside/inside)), ID: 3051153
Necklace "mulua u a mpu" ("onloua"), D. R. Congo, Teke, Size: D: ca. 30 cm / 19,5 cm (outside/inside) (D: ca. 11.8 inch / 7.7 inch (outside/inside)), ID: 3051153 - 2/3 Necklace "mulua u a mpu" ("onloua"), D. R. Congo, Teke, Size: D: ca. 30 cm / 19,5 cm (outside/inside) (D: ca. 11.8 inch / 7.7 inch (outside/inside)), ID: 3051153 - 3/3
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Lot 392
Auction 103

Necklace "mulua u a mpu" ("onloua") ·  D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3051153

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.

Comparing literature

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

Africa

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