Trough zither · Tanzania, Kwere · ID: 3041206
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, BelgiumJens 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
The object Trough zither with the object ID 3041206 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 502 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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Publications
Felix, Marc L., Mwana Hiti, München 1990, p. 316, ill. 140