Fly whisk · Tanzania, Kwere · ID: 3041898
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, BelgiumJens 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