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Description : rising from an oval base, the tapering neck with numerous rows of raised scarification marks in high relief beneath two oval heads, each with pointed chin and slit mouth beneath a diamond-form nose leading to fine arching brows framing the large oval coffee bean eyes, a pair of semicircular lug ears on each, and each wearing a different raised close cropped coiffure beneath two hollowed oval rims encircled by a repeating horizontal ridge, raised scarification on the forehead, 'MSp24' in white pigment on the underside, fine glossy dark brown patina. height 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) Cf. Robbins and Nooter, African Art in American Collections, (1989, 428-431) for various related examples. See also The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art of Central Africa, Masterpieces from the Berlin Museum fur Volkerkunde, (48) for further discussion. The Muller collection contains a number of examples of finely carved wooden Kuba vessels that reflect the diversity of form as well as the variety of intricately carved surface patterns from the extensive Kuba vocabulary. These vessels, made with and without handles, contained palm wine, a beverage made from raffia palm trees Raffia Hookeri, which is enjoyed by both men and women. Palm wine cups are a symbol of prestige and carved wooden ones such as these were particularly popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Muller accession number: 3711.
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