Description : Huntsman fetish-calebash Kameruner Grasland pumpkin, rotan base, rotan ring around the neck of the receptacle, 12 animal jawbones (apes) attached, plaited grass fibre handle, the whole object coated with a clay-like encrusted patina H: 40 cm, (5028/056) Provenance Coll. Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Literature Dagan, Esther A., The African Calabash, When art shares nature's gift, New York 1988, p. 112, ill. 96
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About the lot N° 79 Title : Tribal Condition report : clay-like encrusted patina Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DEIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : 59th Tribal Art Auction Sale date : 28 Nov 2009It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale