Oval bowl with lid ·  Zambia, Rotse · ID: 3036516

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, parallel incisions at the rim, a stylized quadruped as handle (elephant), dam., missing parts, traces of abrasion;
the Rotse have their homeland in western Sambia on the banks of the upper Zambezi. For a long time the Rotse were under the cultural influence of the Lunda, Chokwe and Luena. They are particularly known for their marked style in figures, but also in objects of daily use, like bowls, which were used for keeping meet and vegetable.

The object Oval bowl with lid with the object ID 3036516 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 629 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 338