"Container Or Cylindrical Pot On Slatted Base Called Kuduo Culture Akan, Ghana"
Cylindrical CONTAINER or POT on slatted base called Kuduo with hinged lid, flared body and decorated with floral motifs, interlacing and rosettes.Akan culture, Ghana and Ivory Coast, 18th century or earlier
Bronze
H.: 9.2; Diam. : 8.9 cm
(missing)
The kuduo is not just a simple container for powder or gold nuggets. Indeed, considered as an individual object, it received offerings and sacrifices because it contained the vital force of its owner: kra. The kuduo accompanied its owner to his grave.
Bibliography:
A similar copy is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art under the inventory number 1981.431.14.
No. 330 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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