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This is the rating and price for Head On Gourd, 1985



Description : pumpkin, wood, quartz crystal, Objects like this, complete with calabash and added magical elements, are very rare. Rare is also the addition of quartz crystal. A comparable object published in Roberts & Maurer, 1985, p. 28, ill. 18 (AHDRC 0029772). According to Biebuyck half figures in calabashes, called kabwelulu, were used by the bugabo society. New members were required to make large monetary contributions and were subjected to a complex and physically grueling initiation. During initiations, novices would place in the gourd certain secret items that would accumulate over time until the sculpture acquired a power far greater than any of its parts. Kabwelulu were used for healing and divination. Continent: Africa
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Estimate (low-high) : 1000 EUR-2000 EUR It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 325
Title : Head On Gourd, Period : 1985
Size : H: 15,5 cm, H: 6,1 inch
Provenance : Belgian Private Collection
Literature : Roberts, Allen F. & Evan M. Maurer (ed.), Tabwa, Washington D.C. 1985, p. 28, Ill. 18 Vogel, Susan, For spirits and kings, African Art from the Paul and Ruth Tishman Collection, New York 1981, p. 223 f.
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 99 Auction - Africa, Oceania, Pre-Columbia
Sale date : 12 Nov 2022 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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