Calebasse avec bouchon
Tanzanie, Zigua
Vendu
600 €
Provenance
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium (“FE 9268”)Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Bruno Heimberg (1933-2023), Munich, Germany
Taille
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
pumpkin, wood, glass beads, wire, partly sticky sacrificial patina, handwritten collection no. “FE 9268”
Calabashes were used as containers for medicines, ointments, colour pigments, sacred oils and symbolic substances.