Three snuff containers · Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3032888
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 28. Oktober 1975, lot 678Sepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, coated with linear notched ornaments, the necks wrapped with cuffs of brass wire, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of usage;
the offering and handing on of snuff containers and their content was accompanied by sophisticated courtesies.
Littérature comparée
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 115