Royal palm wine cup "mbwoong ntey" · D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom · ID: 3045048
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Provenance
Emile Jadot (collected in situ, around 1890)Guy Berbé, Brussels, Belgium
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
wood, cowry shells, camwood powder, two old collection labels “…mile Jadot 1890” and “Rapporté du Congo par Emile Jadot, de Tour…(vers 1890)”
The addition of cowry shells, which were a form of currency before the onset of the colonial period, is a conspicuous sign of the cup owner’s prestige and wealth.
The object Royal palm wine cup “mbwoong ntey” with the object ID 3045048 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 266.
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