Snuff container · Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3041846
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
John Dintenfass, New York, USASotheby’s, Paris, 23 June 2006, lot 1b
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1 March 2008, lot 503
Léon Gani, Paris, France
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, stopper attached by leather strap, corpus with grooved decor, neck with collar of plaited brass wire, good condition, base
The object Snuff container with the object ID 3041846 was part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction on March 4, 2017. The object with the lot number 503 achieved a sales price of EUR 850 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 115
Publications
AHDRC: 0117835