Round lid from a food container "mabaia mazungu" or "taampha ·  D. R. Congo, Woyo · ID: 3042703

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, carved in bas-relief (et. al. with shells), separately carved handle, 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 3042703 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 481 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.

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Comparing literature

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