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Janus palm wine cup featuring two faces surmounting a piedouche base. The base is decorated with friezes and triangles in relief and recess. The faces are quite similar, with a half-open mouth revealing the teeth. The foreheads are decorated with a brass upholsterer's nail.
Dark patina wood (missing and split), nails.
H: 23 cm
Kuba people, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mid-Xxth century
Ref: 9N0CIHK876