SONGYE BELLOWS 2, Dem. Rep. of Congo
Photographs © Tim Hamill
SONGYE, BELLOWS 2, 25", $500, Dem. Rep. Congo
In traditional Africa, bellows were used not only as fire-stoking
tool, but also as decorative or ritual objects filled with symbolic meaning.
Once a functioning bellows for a blacksmith's forge, this damaged bellows
is missing the leather covers and the two metal end pipes which extended
out from what is here the bottom.
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