Zemanek-Münster

Basketry top for milk container "imiteri" ·  Rwanda, Tutsi · ID: 3040274

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


The object Basketry top for milk container “imiteri” with the object ID 3040274 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 538 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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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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