Two baskets with lids "agaseki" · Rwanda, Tutsi · ID: 3035124
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 24,5 cm
14,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
5.7 inch
Description
round form with conical tapering lids, extremely fine straw netting, patterns formed through dark dyed blades; both baskets in very good condition;
made by Tutsi upper class woman.
The object Two baskets with lids “agaseki” with the object ID 3035124 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 453 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom (Hg.), Afrika, Die Kunst eines Kontinents, Berlin 1996, p. 158 f.