Zemanek-Münster

Basketry top for milk container "imiteri"

Rwanda, Tutsi
sold EUR 250
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 14,5 cm
H: 5.7 inch

Description

plant fibres, conical, extremely fine straw netting built up in spiral-shaped loops, dark blades forming patterns (“umulenzi”), good state of preservation, base


Comparing literature

Drake Moraga, Vanessa, Weaving abstraction, Washington D.C. 2011, p. 208

Publications

Pollefort, Suzanne, Ibiseke, Brussels 2003, p. 29

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