Two friction oracles "katadora" · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3034181
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, BelgiumVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 13 cm resp. 13,5 cm
H: 5.1 inch resp. 5.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, both with square open worked body and anthropomorphic head, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Two friction oracles “katadora” with the object ID 3034181 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 154 achieved a sales price of EUR 240.
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Comparing literature
Herreman, Frank, To cure and protect, New York 1999, p. 31, ill. 45