Sculpture of a hand ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3038673

Description

wood, dark brown patina, provided with six fingers, the back of the hand carved with anthropomorphic head, drilled hole (for attachment of ornament?), lateral holes with remains of cord for suspension, slightly dam., base;
supposedly used as insignia for authority.

The object Sculpture of a hand with the object ID 3038673 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 432 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 450.

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