Pestle ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa · ID: 3035922

Description

ivory, partly shiny reddish brown patina, slightly bent form, cracks, abrasion and small missing parts through intensive use, base;
served 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 3035922 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 406.

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Comparing literature

Yale Archive No. 0092758 (comparable object)