antique African, Kuba / Luba / Ndengese wooden ritual / divination Palm Wine Cup

Description: code: 2024-BA an African tribal art object, a carved wooden cup, known as:Mbwoomngnteyused for ritual or divination palm wine drinkingby the Kuba, Luba or Ndengese Peoplefrom Central Africa, now D.R. Congo,we see a cup, hand carved from one piece of wood,the cuppa is shaped resembling the figure 8, to one side a circular ear / handle,to the other side a carved head - a cephalomorfic cut handlewhen the cup is filled, the head is up side down,Why? We can imaging that one, perhaps the diviner or chief, will have to drink the cup empty, then the cup can be turned, to allow the face true vision or clear sight, height: circa 5 cm / 1.9 inchwidth (incl. ear and head): circa 9,5 cm / 3.7 inchlength (of the 8-shaped cup): circa 7,8 cm / 3 inchweight circa 55 gr.age: we think it is early 20th century, or even 19th Century,condition: very nice, some signs of age and handling - we did not clean, nor polished it, we did not make it more appealing, do see all pictures to judge the conditionprovenance: a private colllection of African tribal art in The Netherlands, collected since 1960,please note: we are no experts on the subject of tribal art, we have done limited, unprofessional research, trying to attribute this object to a land, country, tribe or people and determine the use and age to the best we could, but please know it is only our opion, you might disagree - do judge for yourself the tribal affilation and the correct age before buying or bidding by taking a close look at all pictures - we are selling this item "as is" and we will not accept returns if the buyer finds that we are wrong concerning these matters. world wide shipping: - you will be ordering registrated shipment provided by PostNL from The Netherlands, EU- this will be according to the PostNL conditions and destinations - if possible with tracking, priority and insurance offered by PostNL for loss during shipment - the shippingcosts differ per country- combined shipment goes per weight: 0-2 / 2-5 / 5-10 kg- shipment out of the EU will subject to Incoterm DAP and with HS-code 9705 31 we are: delta 98 den haag The Hague, The Netherlands, EU registrated at Chambers of Commerce in The Netherlands / KvK Haaglanden: file 27133335

Price: 940 USD

Location: 's-Gravenhage

End Time: 2025-01-24T16:19:12.000Z

Shipping Cost: 49 USD