Seated figure · Tanzania, Zigua · ID: 3035093
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
Walter Hekster, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
terracotta, greyish brown patina, covered in several stripes of cloth and plant fibre cord, a burled horn stuffed with cloth, the eyes inset with white miniature glass beads, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
the Zigua, or Zigula, live at the northeastern shore of Tanzania, opposite to the isle of Zanzibar, north of the Kwere.
The object Seated figure with the object ID 3035093 was part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction on May 25, 2013. The object with the lot number 100 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 200.
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