Cuillère avec tête anthropomorphe, avant 1900 · Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati ou son atelier · ID: 3050845
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Provenance
French Collection (1900)Description
wood, pokerwork, labelled on the underside of the spoon: “chaîne symbolique du Mariage - Mœurs des natures de Mozambique - Souvenir de la Guerre des Boers - 1900”
A formally and stylistically almost identical spoon is published by Stevenson & Graham-Stewart, 2003, p. 44. Particularly typical of Muhlati are the circular eyes and the round, deepened ears with distinctive triangle.
Littérature comparée
Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 44