(2 pcs) Initiation rattle and medicine container
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Rattle, Luba peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo, mid 20th century, executed in gourd, carved wood, and fiber, having an anthropomorphic hand carved wood handle depicting a female figure clutching her breasts attached to a round gourd by fiber basketry, 10.25"h x 3"dia, handle 6.25"l; Note: Used in initiation ceremonies; together with a Ngulu or Kwere, Democratic Republic of Congo, mid 20th century, medicine container, executed as a double gourd covered in woven fiber and having a hand carved wooden figural stopper or dipper, 9"h x 4"dia; stopper 3"l.
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(2 pcs) Initiation rattle and medicine container
Estimate $350 - $500
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