Profile shape · R. D. Congo, Mongo · ID: 3040967
Vendu
120 €
Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, BelgiumHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
Description
wood, brown patina, partly encrusted, shield-shaped, carved with raised vertical ridges, slightly dam., minor missing parts (rim zone), metal base;
this wooden form was used to make the model for a “kutu” anklet. These heavy anklets could have a weight of more than seven kilo and were reserved for the women of chiefs.
Littérature comparée
Chesi, Gert, Schlorhaufer, Daphne, Afrika - Asien, Innsbruck 1997, p. 87