Koro, Nigeria: a double vessel in human form, for ceremonial drinking of palm wine and ritual drink offerings.
Koro, Nigeria: a double vessel in human form, for ceremonial drinking of palm wine and ritual drink offerings.
The Koro in northern Nigeria use such double vessels for ceremonial palm wine drinking, and for sacred offerings of palm oil and wine. The ritual beaker is with combined with a female figure. All carved from a single piece of hard wood. The head of the woman wears a high, pierced crested coiffure. Her right arm hangs free below, with bangle and upper arm ornament. Her left arm, with bangle, holds an object at shoulder height. A linear relief band runs across the flat chest, above her small, pointed breasts. Linear, geometric, partly black-dyed reliefs also decorate the flat back. Two small cracks to the double beaker above and below. A rare object with good, old usage patina.
Height: 46 cm; width: 16.5 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Belgian collection.
Lit.: ‘The Tribal Arts of Africa’ by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, p. 99, ill. D; ‘African Art in American Collections’ by Robbins & Nooter, ill. 740.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
06.04.2017 - 15:00
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EUR 1,500.-
Koro, Nigeria: a double vessel in human form, for ceremonial drinking of palm wine and ritual drink offerings.
The Koro in northern Nigeria use such double vessels for ceremonial palm wine drinking, and for sacred offerings of palm oil and wine. The ritual beaker is with combined with a female figure. All carved from a single piece of hard wood. The head of the woman wears a high, pierced crested coiffure. Her right arm hangs free below, with bangle and upper arm ornament. Her left arm, with bangle, holds an object at shoulder height. A linear relief band runs across the flat chest, above her small, pointed breasts. Linear, geometric, partly black-dyed reliefs also decorate the flat back. Two small cracks to the double beaker above and below. A rare object with good, old usage patina.
Height: 46 cm; width: 16.5 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Belgian collection.
Lit.: ‘The Tribal Arts of Africa’ by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, p. 99, ill. D; ‘African Art in American Collections’ by Robbins & Nooter, ill. 740.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.04.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.04. - 06.04.2017 |