A Kuba wood bowl

A Kuba wood bowl, raised on a spreading foot, to geometric patterns and low relief scaly animals, the concave rim with four sacred weevils, ntshyeem, early 19th century, good old patination and traces of camwood, 6.25in (16cm) h, 6in (15cm) dia. Provenance: Sotheby's, 30th Nov. 1981, lot 298.