Round lid from a food container "mabaia mazungu" or "taampha ·  D. R. Congo, Woyo · ID: 3040530

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, carved in bas-relief et. al. with shells and stylized bird(?), min, dam., small missing parts, fine cracks;
the carved motifs symbolize pictorial narratives representing proverbs.

The object Round lid from a food container “mabaia mazungu” or “taampha with the object ID 3040530 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 486.

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Comparing literature

Phillips, Tom (Hg.), Afrika, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, Berlin 1996, p. 253