Pendentif "ikoko" · R. D. Congo, Pende · ID: 3035650
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyAmerican Private Collection, New Jersey
Description
bone, with long beard (“mwevu”), supposed to be a symbol for authority and wisdom of the ancestors, ornaments in pokerwork, min. dam., base
Littérature comparée
Kerchache, Jacques & Jean-Louis Paudrat u.a., Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika, Freiburg, Basel, Wien 1988, ill. 219 ff.