Zemanek-Münster

Wall panel or screen "insika"

Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu
not available anymore
Provenance
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Size
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.


Comparing literature

Drake-Moraga, Vanessa, Weaving Abstraction, Washington 2012, p. 195, ill. 96 f.

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