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Lot 267 Dα

KARAGWE QUIVER AND SEVENTEEN ARROWS

Auction 1129 - overview Brussels
09.04.2019, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.224 € (incl. premium)
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KARAGWE QUIVER AND SEVENTEEN ARROWS
Tanzania

114 cm. high

Cf. Kollmann, P., "The Victoria Nyanza: The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of some of the Dialects", London, 1899, p.57, fig.69. The author writes: "I also received a piece of Karagwe-work in the shape of an eminently beautiful quiver, from Sultan Ruhiga in German Buddu. This is 3 1/2 feet long, made of black wood, and scratched with various triangular and linear ornamentations. It is shut above and below by two cup-shaped lids sewn over with skin."

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Cf. Kollmann, P., The Victoria Nyanza: The Land, the Races and their Customs, with Specimens of some of the Dialects, London, 1899, p.57, fig.69. The author writes: "I also received a piece of Karagwe-work in the shape of an eminently beautiful quiver, from Sultan Ruhiga in German Buddu. This is 3 1/2 feet long, made of black wood, and scratched with various triangular and linear ornamentations. It is shut above and below by two cup-shaped lids sewn over with skin."