Anthropomorphic Cup - Kuba People - Congo

Price: $4,500.00


 


Known as mbwoong ntey, such cups are used for drinking palm wine. As a prestige object, an elaborate cup such as this would have belonged to a person of high status. Drinking vessels were a vital accessory of great symbolic value.

This superb piece is formerly of the Frieda and Milton Rosenthal Collection

9.5"H x 3.5"W x 5.5"D