ZAIRE WOODEN SHI MILK POT AND LID

拍品描述

Ca. 20th century AD. >A wooden milk pot of globular form with a slightly tapering neck, the vessel carved from a single piece of wood and fitted with a conical domed cover. The body is decorated with incised bands and geometric motifs encircling the upper section, and fitted with a short lateral handle pierced at the terminal. Milk pots of this type were traditionally used by the Shi peoples of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for the storage and serving of milk and fermented dairy products. > >Size: 250mm x 270mm; Weight: 415g >Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Jacaranda Tribal Art; ex Marc Ginzberg collection. > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. >

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