Two baskets with lids "agaseki" · Rwanda, Tutsi · ID: 3036705
Description
plant fibres, a) cylindrical basket with conical lid, purple coloured fibres forming patterns, h: 21 cm; b) spirally plaited corpus with “umulenzi” pattern in brown, h: 25 cm;
basketry is one of mankind’s oldest skills, and in Africa one finds an almost infinite variety of basket types with quite varied uses. The unity and perfection of the finished baskets are due to the regularity of movement and pressure as the fibres are woven or coiled.
The object Two baskets with lids “agaseki” with the object ID 3036705 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 620.
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Comparing literature
Ravenhill, Philip L., Exploring African Art, Washington 1991, p. 26 f.