Hi again. Found this today. Have no real lead beyond if it's a Central African palm wine cup. Also no idea as to age or authenticity. Thanks for looking!!
What is the cup made of? Parts look like ceramic, parts look like wood. It also looks like there have been significant repairs. And where did you get the information that it might be a palm wine cup?
Palm wine cup was a guess! Cup is definitely wood. The darker parts do indeed look like repairs, but there's also staining from some liquid having run down it. So I didn't know if that was perhaps just discoloration and not a repair.
Well, I think I may have just found a similar one. https://www.icollector.com/3-of-3-African-Kuba-Anthropomorphic-cup-Democratic_i24089702
It does look related to yours, but compared to other Kuba cups I am not convinced that either are genuine (in the sense of having been made by a Kuba carver for their own use). Real Kuba cups have become collectible, and so are likely to be recreated by other carvers, African or otherwise.
The Kuba cups I have seen are intricately carved, smooth and with much more perfection in the facial features that this one has.
Mine is the size of a pitcher. I found this one. http://ancientpoint.com/inf/191282-..._art_carved_wood_face_jug_pitcher_nr_yqz.html
Welcome, @James Desbiens. Are you saying the cup you have is the same one in the link you have posted, or just similar? If you have one, and have found another, it means there are at least 4 of these things - (the original posted by @Potteryplease, one in a link he posted, yours and the additional one in the link). It also seems that no one knows their actual origin - Kuba, or 19th century plantation folk art? Now I am really curious. If yours is different from the link, can you post pictures, please?
James has a Thread on his https://www.antiquers.com/threads/hand-carved-wooden-pitcher.62439/#post-4123724
Here is the first that I found. About the same height? The forehead is different https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290552613432565632/
Here is the other. http://ancientpoint.com/inf/191282-..._art_carved_wood_face_jug_pitcher_nr_yqz.html This is the second. Mine is a pitcher. Not a cup http://ancientpoint.com/inf/191282-..._art_carved_wood_face_jug_pitcher_nr_yqz.html
This is the other. I believe mine is a pitcher not a cup http://ancientpoint.com/inf/191282-..._art_carved_wood_face_jug_pitcher_nr_yqz.html