Palmwine vessel · R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3033648
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Description
grey terracotta, spotty patina, spherical receptacle, crowned by a typical Mangbetu lengthwise deformed head with cantilevered coiffure, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
figurative ceramics of the Mangbetu mainly consists of palm wine vessels, which are exclusively made by men.
Littérature comparée
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 295