Mat "tuhu" · D. R. Congo, Kuba / Tetela · ID: 3046689
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Size
M: 200 cm x 72 cm
M: 78.7 inch x 28.3 inch
Description
wood sticks, woven plant fibre,
These mats served as tapestries and carpets for sitting and sleeping. Highly decorated examples, such as this, were prestige items reserved for chiefs.
The object Mat “tuhu” with the object ID 3046689 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 315.
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Comparing literature
Sieber, Roy, African Furniture & Household Objects, Bloomington 1980, p. 96