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
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 163