Ritual trunk figure ·  D. R. Congo, Holo · ID: 3047997

Description

wood, pigments, base

The cylindrical trunk of this figure is equipped with a square recess. A comparable figure is illustrated in Neyt, Munich, 1982, p. 54. This type of figure belonged to the utensils of a diviner.

The object Ritual trunk figure with the object ID 3047997 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 285 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Die Kunst der Holo, München 1982, p. 54