Round lid from a food container "mabaia mazungu" or "taampha · D. R. Congo, Woyo · ID: 3040530
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Size
D: 16 cm
D: 6.3 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom (Hg.), Afrika, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, Berlin 1996, p. 253