Figure masculine debout / Marionnette · Tanzanie, Sukuma / Nyamwesi · ID: 3049374
Description
wood, pokerwork, pigment residues, the separately worked movable arms, formerly fastened by means of nails, are missing, base
These figures were carried by dancers and their limbs moved according to the corresponding devices.
Meurant (Jahn,1994, p. 225) already assumed that figures with movable limbs or genitals were called “(a)maleba”. An “ileba” is an object used to attract the attention of the audience. Bessire (2005) reports that the figures appeared in dance competitions, where the winners were those who could attract the largest crowd.
L’objet Figure masculine debout / Marionnette avec l’ID d’objet 3049374 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 99e vente aux enchères dans 12 novembre 2022 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 152 a atteint un prix de vente de 450 €.
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Littérature comparée
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, München 1994, p. 225 Aimée Bessire: "At a Safe Distance: Sukuma Dance Figures and the Arousal of Spectacle", in: African Arts, Spring 2005