Robe de danse de femmes "ntshak" ·  R. D. Congo, Kuba/Ngeende · ID: 3042714

Description

raffia cloth, with manyfold applications, sewn together from many pieces, border in two layers, slightly dam., smaller tears/missing parts, applications partly loosened, dirty/stained, traces of old age.
Such long skirts are usually made by several lineage members. As individual sections are completed they are sewn together. Women’s embroidered skirts can reach six meters in length or even longer. They are worn on ceremonial occasions, especially at funerals, to celebrate the life of a deceased community member and form part of the grave goods for deceased members of the lineage.

L’objet Robe de danse de femmes “ntshak” avec l’ID d’objet 3042714 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 87e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 11 novembre 2017 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 178 a atteint un prix de vente de 400 €.

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Littérature comparée

Meurant, Georges, Traumzeichen, München 1989, p. 90, ill. 79 Binkley, David A. & Patricia Darish, Kuba, Milan 2009, p. 127