Lot 0079

A Kuba Box with Cover, "ngondo" (= Moon)

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A Kuba Box with Cover, "ngondo" (= Moon)

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Description

Rotholzpulver-Deckeldose, "ngondo" (= Mond)
Kuba, DR Kongo
Ohne Sockel / without base
Holz. L 27,5 cm.

Provenienz:
Johann Rudolf Geigy (1902-1995), Basel. Handschriftliche Sammlungs-Inventarnummer "GE 52" im Deckel.

Das Königreich Kuba ist eine Konföderation, die als politischer Bund vom 17. bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts autonom regierte, bis es unter dem Druck der belgischen Kolonialherrschaft an Autonomie verlor.

Der Name Kuba kommt aus der Bantu-Sprache und bedeutet dort "Wurfmesser". Die ca. 250'000 Menschen zählende Gruppe des Kuba-Stammeskomplexes umfasst u. a. die Bushoong, Kete, Tetela, Ngeende, Lele, Binji und Shoowa.

Alle diese Ethnien hegen eine spezielle Vorliebe für geometrische Formen und versehen deshalb viele Gegenstände, sowohl aus dem täglichen Gebrauch wie auch aus den Ritualen, gerne über und über mit feinsten Mustern.

Die Kuba hegen eine spezielle Vorliebe für geometrische Formen und sind in erster Linie für ihre kunstvoll abstrakt gestalteten Textilien berühmt. Aber auch alle anderen Gegenstände ihres Gebrauchs wurden gerne über und über mit feinsten Mustern versehen.

Ein schönes Beispiel für diese ornamentale Fertigkeit der Kuba ist diese fein verzierte Deckelschale. Sie diente zum Aufbewahren von tukula, einer wohlriechenden, roten Holzmehl-Paste, die zum Färben von Textilien und zur Körperbemalung verwendet wurde.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Falgayrettes-Leveau, Christiane et al. (1997). Réceptacles. Paris: Musée Dapper.

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Johann Rudolf Geigy (1902-1995), Basel.

Nach seinem Studium der Medizin und Zoologie, widmete Johann Rudolf Geigy sein Leben der Erforschung und Bekämpfung tropischer Infektionskrankheiten. 1943 gründete er das Schweizerische Tropeninstitut und verbrachte zahlreiche Forschungsaufenthalte in Afrika, was zur Gründung weiterer Recherchezentren in Tansania (Ifakara Health Institute) und der Côte d’Ivoire (Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, CSRS) führte, in deren Zentrum die Erforschung lokaler Krankheiten wie beispielsweise Malaria liegt.

Dabei war es Geigy stets ein grosses Anliegen, den Austausch, die Kooperation und das gemeinsame Lernen zu fördern. Ganz in diesem Sinne steht auch die 1969 von ihm ins Leben gerufene Rudolf Geigy-Stiftung, welche das Schweizerischen Tropeninstitut in Forschungs-und Lehrprojekten unterstützt.

Der Erlös des bei Hammer Auktionen angebotenen Teiles der Sammlung Geigy, geht an das Schweizerische Tropeninstitut in Basel.

CHF 200 / 400

Condition

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Weight

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A Kuba Box with Cover, "ngondo" (= Moon)

Name: A Kuba Box with Cover, \"ngondo\" (= Moon)
SKU: 171631338
Price: 120 CHF
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