Receptacle with lid "kuduo" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3037050
sold
EUR 170
Provenance
collected in situ (1975 - 1982)Brigitte Zehrer, Würzburg, Germany
Size
H: 13 cm
D: 21,5 cm
H: 5.1 inch
D: 8.5 inch
Description
brass, round form, waisted on the outside with three ribs running around, fine waved decor, handle with eyelet, slightly dam., minor missing parts (base), crack;
the “kuduo” served for keeping gold dust and valuables of any kind as well as for libation and blood sacrifices
The object Receptacle with lid “kuduo” with the object ID 3037050 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 258 achieved a sales price of EUR 170.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 163