Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900 · Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati or his workshop · ID: 3050845
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Provenance
French Collection (1900)Size
L: 22,3 cm
L: 8.8 inch
Description
wood, pokerwork, labelled on the underside of the spoon: “chaîne symbolique du Mariage - Mœurs des natures de Mozambique - Souvenir de la Guerre des Boers - 1900”
A formally and stylistically almost identical spoon is published by Stevenson & Graham-Stewart, 2003, p. 44. Particularly typical of Muhlati are the circular eyes and the round, deepened ears with distinctive triangle.
The object Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900 with the object ID 3050845 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 304.
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Comparing literature
Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 44