Zemanek-Münster

Seated figure

Tanzania, Zigua
sold EUR 550
Provenance
Walter Hekster, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Size
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.


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