Early figurally carved cult axe · Malawi / Tanzania / Mozambique, Yao · ID: 3050155
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
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.
The object Early figurally carved cult axe with the object ID 3050155 was part of the auction 101st Auction on November 11, 2023. The object with the lot number 94 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Krieger, Kurt, Ostafrikanische Plastik, Berlin 1990, ill. 529-534 (cf. AHDRC 0120123 ff.)