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A CEREMONIAL COLA NUT BOWL

Price: $300.00

Code # SCT16
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Here we have an old ceremonial cola nut bowl collected from Ibo land. In this part of Africa it was customary to be offered cola nuts when visiting. This object was kept in the compound to be presented to the honored guest, cola nuts were arranged on the surface to be dipped in a hot sauce that was kept under the lid in the receptacle, the lid could be placed upside down to make another container. This is a particularly desirable example with a figurative lid consisting of two well worn encrusted miniature Ibo masks facing each other symbolizing the host and his guest. On one side is a peg where the nuts would be placed before being ceremonially split in half then chewed giving the lucky guest a brief caffeine high.
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