Early figurally carved cult axe, Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao, Size: L: 52 cm (shaft) / 27 cm (blade) (L: 20.5 inch (shaft) / 10.6 inch (blade)), ID: 3050155

Early figurally carved cult axe, Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao, Size: L: 52 cm (shaft) / 27 cm (blade) (L: 20.5 inch (shaft) / 10.6 inch (blade)), ID: 3050155 - 2/5

Early figurally carved cult axe, Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao, Size: L: 52 cm (shaft) / 27 cm (blade) (L: 20.5 inch (shaft) / 10.6 inch (blade)), ID: 3050155 - 3/5

Early figurally carved cult axe, Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao, Size: L: 52 cm (shaft) / 27 cm (blade) (L: 20.5 inch (shaft) / 10.6 inch (blade)), ID: 3050155 - 4/5

Early figurally carved cult axe, Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao, Size: L: 52 cm (shaft) / 27 cm (blade) (L: 20.5 inch (shaft) / 10.6 inch (blade)), ID: 3050155 - 5/5

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Lot 94

Early figurally carved cult axe · Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao · ID: 3050155

sold EUR 1,400

Provenance

Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany

Size

L: 52 cm (shaft) / 27 cm (blade)

L: 20.5 inch (shaft) / 10.6 inch (blade)

Description

wood, brass, copper, iron, base

A series of axes by the same artist / workshop published by Krieger,1990, figs. 529-534. They are all in the Ethnological Museum Berlin. According to the museum catalogue, they were collected in 1912 and presumably come from the Nyas(s)a region.

Comparing literature

Krieger, Kurt, Ostafrikanische Plastik, Berlin 1990, ill. 529-534 (cf. AHDRC 0120123 ff.)

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