A Fine Old Kuba Cup Ex Levitt Collection
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KUBA Palm Wine Cup (Mbwoongntey)A Carved wooden vessel featuring a finely carved ancestor face as well as geometic designs, accented with mineral pigments, showing handling and wear. The Kuba would show rank and prestige, personal status in crafted objects. Even ordinary utilitarian items such as drinking cups for palm wine may indicate wealth and status through elegant carvings and decorations. Frequently, cups intended for use by rulers are carved in the form human head with a distinctive hairstyle associated only with royalty. This Cup measures 7 .25 x 3.75 inches. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa.Provenance: The Sol & Josephine Levitt collection, NYC.
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Good, well handled
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A Fine Old Kuba Cup Ex Levitt Collection
Estimate $500 - $800
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