Pendant "ikoko" · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3035650
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyAmerican 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
Comparing literature
Kerchache, Jacques & Jean-Louis Paudrat u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, ill. 219 ff.