Container ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3036878

Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, bulbous container rising from four feet, the lid carved with a bird sculpture (chicken?), min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion;
probably used for storing unguents.

Littérature comparée

Koloß, Hans-Joachim, Die Kunst der Senufo, Berlin 1990, p. 31, ill. 23