Calebasse avec gravures artistiques ·  R. D. Congo, Pende · ID: 3047255

Description

pumpkin, kaolin, fire blackening, wood, labeled “gabuku”, “pumbu” and “mwawa”

This calabash is published in Léon de Sousberghes most famous work “L’ Art Pende” (1958, p. 167, Fig. 1).

He reports that it was acquired from the chief of the Kitombe (Kasai Pende). The bottle-shaped vessel was used to pour palm wine into the chief’s cup. The inscription with the names of the three masks “gabuku”, “pumbu” and “mwawa” had been added later by the Jesuits.

Sousberghe (1903-2006), a Belgian Jesuit priest, worked as missionary and ethnologist in the Lower Congo Basin, particularly with the Pende and neighbouring groups.

Works by the same artist can be found in the holdings of the Royal Museum for Central Africa Tervuren, Belgium (inventory no. EO.1953.74.3864 and EO.1955.36.1).

L’objet Calebasse avec gravures artistiques avec l’ID d’objet 3047255 a fait partie de l’enchère 95e Vente aux enchères Tribal Art en 24 octobre 2020 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 285.

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Publications

Sousberghe, Leon de, L' Art Pende, o.O. 1958, p. 167, Fig. 1