Snuff container ·  Afrique du Sud, Zoulou · ID: 3039429

Description

calabash, copper- brass wire, made from especially hard-shelled pumpkin, wire ornament in circles and semi-circles, number “23”, small round opening with accurately fitting lid;
the wire ends were inserted in holes which were drilled according to the desired pattern, but could not be fixed on the inside. Despite the wire decor is extremely durable. Snuff containers were made throughout Southern Africa, in part because of the widely-held assumption that snuff could be used to mediate relations between the ancestors and their descendants. The wirework decorations commonly used to make these containers varied from one area to another.

L’objet Snuff container avec l’ID d’objet 3039429 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 81st Tribal Art Auction dans 31 octobre 2015. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 561 a atteint un prix de vente de 550 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 400 €.

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Littérature comparée

Conru, Kevin (ed.), The Art of Southeast Africa, Milan 2002, ill. 55