Zemanek-Münster

Basket with lid "igiseke" ·  Rwanda, Tutsi · ID: 3045670

sold EUR 500
Provenance
collected in Kenia, 1900-1910
British Family Collection
Gisela Rauch (died 1992), Bad Kissingen, Germany
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch

Description

plant fibre, partly dyed in brown, extremely fine straw netting built up in spiral-shaped loops


The object Basket with lid “igiseke” with the object ID 3045670 was part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction on June 29, 2019. The object with the lot number 252 achieved a sales price of EUR 500 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Drake Moraga, V., Weaving Abstraction, The Textile Museum Washington, D.C., 2011, p. 208 f.


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