Cola Cup
Dogon · Mali
Reference: RCPT-21
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- Material
- Bronze
Container intended to store kola nuts to offer visitors, is also used to store tobacco. The cover has a stylized human figure sitting on an imaginary…
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Full original description
Container intended to store kola nuts to offer visitors, is also used to store tobacco. The cover has a stylized human figure sitting on an imaginary animal reminiscent of prehistoric animals, with chameleon tail. The lid could be an evocation of the turtle, which along with the chameleon are two of the animals of the dogon cosmogony. Time skate.
Further technical information
- Width
- 36 cm
- Attributed period
- Years 60
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Mali. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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