Ritual implement · D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Lulua · ID: 3036257
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Provenance
Hans Petereit, Cologne, GermanySize
D: 9,5 cm
H: 11,5 cm (figures)
D: 3.7 inch
H: 4.5 inch (figures)
Description
plant fibre ring, tightly wrapped with plaited plant fibre strings saturated with mass, nine bar-shaped wooden figures originally placed around the ring, five of them preserved, each with brown patina, traces of white and red pigment as well as a sticky sacrificial patina, metal base
Comparing literature
Petridis, Constantine, Art and Power in the Central African Savanna, Brussels 2008, p. 124, ill. 86