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Rare ZANDE AZANDE anthropomorphic terracotta vessel African art pottery MC 1900

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Title: Rare ZANDE AZANDE anthropomorphic terracotta vessel African art pottery MC 1900

Description: CONGO RDC

Rare AZANDE Terracotta Anthropomorphic Vessel
Beautiful jug, visibly old
We can see the same typical scarifications on the body of the container illustrated in Félix, page203, fig19.
Zande pottery is made by women, as is that of neighboring Mangbetu.
The Zande live mainly in northern Congo DRC, but also in the west of the South Sudan and in the Central African Republic
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Vessel, pot
ETHNICAL GROUP: Zande Azande
ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
MATERIAL: Terracotta
DIMENSIONS: About 11 inches high (28 cm)
CONDITION: Correct
Please have a look on the pictures.
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Bibliography
- Ubangi, dir. J-L Grootaers, Fonds Mercator, 2007
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Bruxelles: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987
- Receptacles, Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Ezio Bassani, Marie-Louise Bastin, Vincent Boulore, Joseph Aurelien Cornet, Youssouf Tata Cissé, Michael Gibson, François Neyt, Jean-Paul Notue, Florence Vassallo, Editions Dapper, 1997.

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Rare ZANDE AZANDE anthropomorphic terracotta vessel African art pottery MC 1900

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