Ritual object in the shape of a calabash

Tanzania, Zigua

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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