Lot: 216

98th Auction

Figural drinking cup "(n)gbene"

Nigeria, Koro

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Collection Madame B.
Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, 23 June 1997, Lot 10
H: 18.3 inch sold

wood, encrusted patina, residues of mass, rest.

According to Roy Sieber, this type of cup was used during ceremonial sacrifices and second funeral rites, to drink beer or palm wine.


Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, p. 282, cat. no.150 ff.