Ritual object in the shape of a calabash · Tanzania, Zigua · ID: 3029191

Name: Ritual object in the shape of a calabash
SKU: 3029191
Price: 330 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 330

Provenance

Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, Germany

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

bulbous pumpkin on plant fibre ring, coated with coarse meshed cloth spread with blackish mass, decorated with nassa snails, crowned by a wooden head

Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Stuttgart 2007, p. 84, ill. 5

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