Three wickerwork receptacles · Rwanda, Tutsi · ID: 3033779
Vendu
500 €
Description
straw, a dish-shaped and a cylindrical receptacle with “umulenzi” pattern, both spiral plaited, the third receptacle with conical shaped lid in delicate wickerwork, all three in good condition:
the most exquisite basketry in Africa was made by Tutsi women.
Littérature comparée
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 111