Palmwine vessel · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3033648
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Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
grey terracotta, spotty patina, spherical receptacle, crowned by a typical Mangbetu lengthwise deformed head with cantilevered coiffure, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
figurative ceramics of the Mangbetu mainly consists of palm wine vessels, which are exclusively made by men.
The object Palmwine vessel with the object ID 3033648 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 440.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 295