Three calabashes
Tanzania
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
a) Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWalter Hekster, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Size
H: 27 cm (a), 29 cm (b), 13 cm (c)
H: 10.6 inch (a), 11.4 inch (b), 5.1 inch (c)
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