The Hans Jurgen van Oort estate collection
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AFRICAN ANTIQUE ASHANTI BRASS FOROWA CONTAINER H.155mm. For storage of SHEA BUTTER.

Realised: $320 plus premium

Lot Details

Provenance: From the Hans Jurgen van Oort estate collection. Collected in Ghana from the early seventies through to 1990. Lidded brass vessels (Kuduo) (From Ghana) Kuduo were created to store valuable possessions such as gold dust and served the symbolic purpose of safeguarding their owners' kra, or life force. They played an important role in ceremonies intended to maintain the spiritual well-being of those who owned them. At life's end, kuduo were left at their owners' burial sites along with other personal possessions

AFRICAN ANTIQUE ASHANTI BRASS FOROWA CONTAINER H.155mm. For storage of SHEA BUTTER. Image 1++
AFRICAN ANTIQUE ASHANTI BRASS FOROWA CONTAINER H.155mm. For storage of SHEA BUTTER. Image 1++