Three snuff containers · Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3032888
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 28. Oktober 1975, lot 678Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
L: 18 cm - 21,5 cm
L: 7.1 inch - 8.5 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, coated with linear notched ornaments, the necks wrapped with cuffs of brass wire, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of usage;
the offering and handing on of snuff containers and their content was accompanied by sophisticated courtesies.
Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 115