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

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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

Publications

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

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