Wall panel or screen "insika" · Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu · ID: 3049776
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Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 157 cm
B: 52 cm
H: 61.8 inch
B: 20.5 inch
Description
rattan, grass fibre, partly dyed dark brown, fine cord,
Tutsi and Hutu domestic and ceremonial space was enclosed and defined by fibre.
Their houses - even the kings’ palaces - were structures of plaited bamboo, surrounded by woven palisades and subdivided with interior partitions and screens, all fabricated with plant materials.
The object Wall panel or screen “insika” with the object ID 3049776 was last part of the auction Sale 100 at April 15, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 95.
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Comparing literature
Drake-Moraga, Vanessa, Weaving Abstraction, Washington 2012, p. 195, ill. 96 f.