Vessel "abusua kuruwa" · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3035315
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
brown, partly blackened clay, with long neck, a stopper in shape of a cocoon (proverb: “a peculiar person’s character is not easily to be determined”), dam., missing parts, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
for centuries the deceased of the Akan received a more or less elaborate decorated family vessel “abusua kuruwa.
The object Vessel “abusua kuruwa” with the object ID 3035315 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 194 achieved a sales price of EUR 240.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 65