Rare Figural Kuba Clyster Enema Tube Ex Charles Jones
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A very unusual Kuba Clyster (or enema tube) (Fing Bukaan) with a stylized ancestral head as the bowl if the implement. Such tubes were used in giving ritual enema, which would often cause a trance like experience. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The Clyster measures 5.25 inches tall on its custom base. Provenance: Charles Jones Gallery, North Carolina, 1993.
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Good, well handled
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Rare Figural Kuba Clyster Enema Tube Ex Charles Jones
Estimate $500 - $800
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