Kuba Cup, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Werner Muensterberger, New York
Private collects ion, New York, acquired from the above in the 1990s

Good condition for an object of this age and rare type. Age cracks to sides (radiating from center). Ritual abrasions and to fingers on hands, especially one thumb, one pinkie, and tip of one forefinger. Knots in foot of bowl, and two small cavities inside on floor of bowl. One cavity around an age crack inside bowl. Remains of blue and red pigment inside. Exceptionally fine glossy dark brown patina with encrustation. Surface waxed inside.
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For a similar Kuba cup with relief decoration featuring stylized hands, see Joseph Maes, "Des sources de l'art nègre", Cahiers d'art, vol. 5, no. 6, 1930, p. 308.