Small bowl · R. D. Congo, Pende · ID: 3033882
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Provenance
Henri Nappée, France (aviation engineer, from 1941 until 1975 employed in the Democratic Republic of Congo)Description
wood, light brown patina, small remains of black paint, rising from a short foot, the bulbous corpus with bridge-like connection in the middle, both sides carved with standing figures in flat relief with their fully plastic heads projecting over the rim, mounted on block-like base and plate;
a comparable bowl pictured at Sousberghe, 1958, ill. 266.
Littérature comparée
de Sousberghe, L., L' Art Pende, o.O. 1958, ill. 266