Blue mangbetu pottery
Mangbetu anthropomorphic ceramics (DR Congo)
The anthropomorphic mangbetu vase is an elegant object that fills a room with its presence. You can also use it as a flower vase or as a delicate ewer.
Until not so long ago, the Mangbetu nobility had the custom of compressing the heads of their children with meshes of braided raffia so that, when they grew up, they could show off exaggeratedly dolichocephalic skulls. Later, when they became adults, the young (and not so young) took pains to enhance their deformed heads with high hairstyles and cup-shaped headdresses... All so that there would be no doubt about their high social status.
That strange and exaggerated aesthetic, which the Mangbetu call lipongo, is also reflected in much of their imagery in wood, metal or ceramic, making it easily recognizable.
The anthropomorphic vessel that we offer you at Black Market presents an almost spherical container to which a girl's head with that cranial morphology is attached by two handles. Two mouths open inside: the first does so through the girl's cup headdress, while the second appears behind the vessel.
Material: terracotta
Height: 51.0 cm; Diameter: 20.5cm; Weight: 4.14 Kg
FAQ
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You have 30 days to return it. Once the return has been received and examined, we will proceed with the refund.
We use the best packaging. Even so, more fragile products are shipped with insurance. If the product arrives broken, it will be returned and your money will be refunded.
It is unlikely, since the organic material has been properly treated and is delivered with maintenance instructions. In any case, you have 30 days to return it.
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At Black Market we are not antique dealers. Nor do we intend to appropriate the different and very diverse cultures that have existed throughout Africa. At Black Market we offer, however, a selection of all the art generated by men and women that, in many cases, we admire and know personally.
Send us a photo of the room you want to decorate and we can offer you suggestions.
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