Rattle ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3034237

Description

wood, pumpkin, janus half figure, animal horn filled with mass in the parting, mounted on a spherical calabash, wrapped with plant fibre cord with various paraphernalia attached (scale of tortoiseshell and a pangolin, snake skin, bones, teeth etc.), slightly dam., cracks, ring-shaped socle;
such rattles are used by diviners.

The object Rattle with the object ID 3034237 was part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction on March 9, 2013. The object with the lot number 162 achieved a sales price of EUR 600 with an asking price of EUR 450.

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