Bellow ·  R. D. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3036490

Description

wood, dark brown patina, shiny in parts, blower with two large-sized air chambers and one air pipe in stylized anthropomorphic form, the membranes of animal skin now missing, partly carved with geometrical incisions, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion and usage, base;
such bellows were used by blacksmiths to ignite fire. The stylized human head and the two chambers conceived as breasts form a female figure.