Zemanek-Münster

Four hairpins

Tanzania, Zaramo
sold EUR 450
Size
L: 21 cm - 24,5 cm
L: 8.3 inch - 9.6 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
Zaramo or Kwere husbands gave their wife a hairpin either when the first daughter was born or when they moved into their own house. Afterwards the hairpins were worn as ornaments on festive occasions.


Comparing literature

Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 138, ill. 46

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