Lip plate · Ethiopia / South Sudan, Surma (Suri) · ID: 3051227
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaSize
M: 19 cm x 13,4 cm
M: 7.5 inch x 5.3 inch
Description
wood,
Lip plates among the Mursi and Suri tribes symbolize beauty, fertility, and social status. Larger plates can increase dowries, making them a sign of higher status. Traditionally, they were thought to deter slave traders.
The object Lip plate with the object ID 3051227 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 402 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren (ed.), Aethiopia, Tervuren 1996, p. 331