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Palm Wine Cup (Mbwoongntey)
Unknown19th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Barrel-shaped wooden goblet with pedestal. Object incised with angular snake symbols on a crosshatched background. Base has bands of zigzags and diamond shapes. Patina is dark brown. Condition: good, except for a long vertical crack in the body that has been repaired with three metal clamps.
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Details
- Title: Palm Wine Cup (Mbwoongntey)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 19th century
- Location Created: Lulua or Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Type: Food/Drink, Service
- Rights: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2897/Palm_Wine_Cup_Mbwoongntey
- Medium: Wood, copper alloy
- Dimensions: 8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (20.3 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm)
- Culture: Kuba
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 22.172
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