Box with lid · R. D. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3035762
Vendu
300 €
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, GermanyDescription
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, sickle-shaped, Kuba characteristic fine ornaments, pigment remains inside, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
Kuba women owned sickle-shaped boxes to keep cosmetics, needles, beads and other personal belongings.
Littérature comparée
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 70