Zemanek-Münster

Standing figure ·  Tanzania, Pare · ID: 3046750

sold EUR 1,700
Provenance
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection (1990s)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 165
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

wood, fabric, metal, blackish mass, base

Felix divides the mainland of Tanzania into eight style zones, assigning the Pare (together with the Shambaa, Mbugu, Zigua, Bondai, Kamba and others) to style zone V, “Northeast Tanzania along the border with Kenya”.

All groups in this region produce wooden and clay figurines, often wrapped in fabric or leather. They serve as visual teaching aids during initiations and are used in the practices of ritual healers and fortune tellers.


The object Standing figure with the object ID 3046750 was part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction on October 24, 2020. The object with the lot number 324 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700 with an asking price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 62


Publications

Jahn, Jens (Hg.), "Tanzania - Meisterwerke Afrikanischer Skulptur", München 1994, p. 192, ill. 97


Exhibition

Expo: "Tanzania - Meisterwerke Afrikanischer Skulptur", Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 29 April - 7 August 1994; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 29 September - 27 November 1994


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