Pestle ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3035507

Description

ivory, partly honey brown patina, slightly bent form, cracks and abrasion through intensive usage, crack, socle;
used for pounding grain. According to W. Fagg women received such pestles as wedding present and from then on used them for a lifetime.

The object Pestle with the object ID 3035507 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 341 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,500 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.

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Yale Archive No. 0084950 (comparable object)