Animal figure · Tanzania, Sangu · ID: 3029072
Description
terracotta, encrusted dark brown patina, in shape of a buffalo with massive horns and expressive facial features, the body partly wrapped in red fabric soaked with brown mass and fixed by cord, min. dam., minor missing parts (right horn tip), slight traces of abrasion
The object Animal figure with the object ID 3029072 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 484 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 214 f.
Publications
Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 105, ill. 14