Yoruba, Nigeria: an old glass bead belt with figurative decoration – a prestigious object belonging to high-ranking dignitaries of the Yoruba.
Yoruba, Nigeria: an old glass bead belt with figurative decoration – a prestigious object belonging to high-ranking dignitaries of the Yoruba.
A somewhat shorter, wider fabric belt, densely embroidered with small, old, colourful glass pearls (see also cat. no. 62.). Only the order of the symbolic motifs is different here: above there are two faces embroidered above one another, followed by a long, blue and red snake. The zig-zag border on both sides is made from alternating, colourful glass pearls, surrounded by a row of stitched-on cowrie shells around the outside. Among the Yoruba people, the owners of such a bright pearl belt could only be the clan chief (or king), high-ranking dignitaries and diviners. The object shows no damage and is preserved in a modern box frame (just like cat. no 62). Length: c. 102 cm; width: 12.5 cm; first half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
09.06.2016 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 600.-
Yoruba, Nigeria: an old glass bead belt with figurative decoration – a prestigious object belonging to high-ranking dignitaries of the Yoruba.
A somewhat shorter, wider fabric belt, densely embroidered with small, old, colourful glass pearls (see also cat. no. 62.). Only the order of the symbolic motifs is different here: above there are two faces embroidered above one another, followed by a long, blue and red snake. The zig-zag border on both sides is made from alternating, colourful glass pearls, surrounded by a row of stitched-on cowrie shells around the outside. Among the Yoruba people, the owners of such a bright pearl belt could only be the clan chief (or king), high-ranking dignitaries and diviners. The object shows no damage and is preserved in a modern box frame (just like cat. no 62). Length: c. 102 cm; width: 12.5 cm; first half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Austrian private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art - Africa |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 09.06.2016 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 04.06. - 09.06.2016 |
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