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Lot 252 Dα

A TONGWE FEMALE FIGURE

Auktion 1045 - Übersicht Brussels
27.01.2015, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
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A TONGWE FEMALE FIGURE
Tanzania

Standing with the unusual curved arms free of the body and the hands on the abdomen, the fetish cavity in the head with remains of magic charge and white beads, dark glossy patina.
14.5 cm. high

Provenienz

Provenance :
Peter Loebarth

Literaturhinweise

Literature :
Jahn. J. (ed.), Tanzania: Meisterwerke afrikanischer Skulptur, Munich, 1994, p.53, fig.II/30.
Wyck, G., (ed.), Shangaa: Art of Tanzania, New York, 2013, p.199, fig.7.2.