Zemanek-Münster

Snuff container ·  Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3041846

sold EUR 850
Provenance
John Dintenfass, New York, USA
Sotheby’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


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