Standing figure · Tanzania, Mwera · ID: 3035791
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Provenance
Walter Glaser, Basel, SwitzerlandAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, kaolin, aluminium eyes, metal earring, a large head without neck rising from massive shoulders, a concave vaulted face with accentuated dish-like deepened ears, block-like lower part of the body, thin arms, slightly dam., minor missing parts (ears), cracks, breakage (left wrist), base;
the Mwera are a small ethnic group, living in the coastal hinterland of Tanzania, to the north of the Makonde.
Comparing literature
Krieger, Kurt, Ostafrikanische Plastik, Berlin 1990, ill. 333