Pendant "ikoko"

D. R. Congo, Pende

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
American Private Collection, New Jersey

Size

H: 5,5 cm

H: 2.2 inch

Description

bone, with long beard (“mwevu”), supposed to be a symbol for authority and wisdom of the ancestors, ornaments in pokerwork, min. dam., base

Kerchache, Jacques & Jean-Louis Paudrat u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, ill. 219 ff.

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