Wallhanging or screen "insika" · Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu · ID: 3046238
Description
cane, plant fibre, colour pigments, 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 Wallhanging or screen “insika” with the object ID 3046238 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 328 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Drake-Moraga, Vanessa, Weaving Abstraction, Washington 2012, p. 195, ill. 96 f.