Trough zither, Tanzania, Kwere, Size: H: 68 cm (H: 26.8 inch), ID: 3041206

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Lot 502

84th Tribal Art Auction

Trough zither · Tanzania, Kwere · ID: 3041206

sold EUR 1,200

Provenance

Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany

Size

H: 68 cm

H: 26.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, slightly encrusted, remains of pigments, narrow trough-shaped corpus, drilled holes for fixing the strings, crowned by female figure, min. dam., strings missing, insect caused damage, abrasion of paint, base

Publications

Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 316, ill. 140

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