Four hairpins · Tanzania, Zaramo · ID: 3037710
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