Fly whisk, Tanzania, Kwere, Size: H: 71 cm, 13,5 cm (figure) (H: 28.0 inch, 5.3 inch (figure)), ID: 3041898

Fly whisk, Tanzania, Kwere, Size: H: 71 cm, 13,5 cm (figure) (H: 28.0 inch, 5.3 inch (figure)), ID: 3041898 - 2/7

Fly whisk, Tanzania, Kwere, Size: H: 71 cm, 13,5 cm (figure) (H: 28.0 inch, 5.3 inch (figure)), ID: 3041898 - 3/7

Fly whisk, Tanzania, Kwere, Size: H: 71 cm, 13,5 cm (figure) (H: 28.0 inch, 5.3 inch (figure)), ID: 3041898 - 4/7

Fly whisk, Tanzania, Kwere, Size: H: 71 cm, 13,5 cm (figure) (H: 28.0 inch, 5.3 inch (figure)), ID: 3041898 - 5/7

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Lot 493

85th Tribal Art Auction

Fly whisk · Tanzania, Kwere · ID: 3041898

sold EUR 2,000

Provenance

Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany

Size

H: 71 cm, 13,5 cm (figure)

H: 28.0 inch, 5.3 inch (figure)

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, handle in form of a “mwana hiti” figure, animal tail fixed by cloth, embroidered with coloured miniature glass beads, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, base

The object Fly whisk with the object ID 3041898 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 493 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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Publications

Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 383, ill. 193

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