Small cup · D. R. Congo, Pende · ID: 3040092
sold
EUR 1,000
Size
H: 11 cm
H: 4.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of black paint, fine work of carving: three-sided corpus, carved with tribe typical facial features, fine grooved decor, slightly dam.;
used for ritual purposes for palm wine, which is why such cups were made of precious wood and were carved with special care.
The object Small cup with the object ID 3040092 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 505 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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