Three calabashes · Tanzania · ID: 3035113
Walter Hekster, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Description
waisted pumpkins, dark brown patina, wood, a) Shambala, mostly coated with animal skin, cord for support, wooden stopper with an extremely stylized anthropomorphic head with striking large ears, encrustations with clay; b) fur, plantfibre cord, janusheaded stopper; c) Zaramo, band of fabric and strings with polychrome miniature glass beads, simple stopper with glass bead eyes
The object Three calabashes with the object ID 3035113 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 70 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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