Cloth-wrapped figure · Tanzania, Mbugu · ID: 3050985
Private collection (1998)
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
Bruno Heimberg (1933-2023), Munich, Germany
Description
wood, miniature glass beads, tightly sewn into two layers of fabric, which is soaked or smeared with magical material in many places, handwritten collection number ‘FE 9021’, base
The object Cloth-wrapped figure with the object ID 3050985 was part of the auction Auction 103 on November 16, 2024. The object with the lot number 46 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Publications
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), "Tanzania, Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skuptur", München 1994, p. 186, ill. 89; Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, "The Tribal Arts of Africa", London 1998, p. 216, ill. 2
AHDRC: 0171863
Exhibition
"Tanzania, Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skulptur", Berlin, Germany: Haus des Kulturen der Welt, 29 April-7 August 1994; Munich, Germany: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus/Kunstbau, 29 September-27 November 1994