Kuba prestige object in form of tukula paste block — TAD Tribal Art

Kuba Prestige Object

Kuba people, DR Congo, early 20th c.

Carved wood

H: 13” W: 5” (H: 33.02 W: 12.70)

Ex–old Belgian collection

Price: $450.00

A Kuba prestige object carved in the form of a bongotol (tukula paste block).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Ornament.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed February 7, 2021.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/315011.

“Tukula Paste Block (Bongotol) (2014-34).” Princeton University. The Trustees of

Princeton University. Accessed February 7, 2021.

https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/50903.