Herb Cup

Baule · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: RCPT-10

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Height
30 cm
Material
Bronze

Cup or jar to guerdar medicinal herbs on whose top is a monkey, reference to the N'botombo, divinity of the jungle, in a thoughtful attitude apaoyando…

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Full original description

Cup or jar to guerdar medicinal herbs on whose top is a monkey, reference to the N'botombo, divinity of the jungle, in a thoughtful attitude apaoyando the face in the hands. The cup body is also an ape, both stylized and with anthropomorphic figure. Time skate.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Mid-century XX

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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