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.
The object Four hairpins with the object ID 3037710 was part of the auction 78th tribal art auction on October 18, 2014. The object with the lot number 538 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 138, ill. 46