5 Kwere/Zigua medicine gourds,
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Tanzania. Wood, ritual materials, between 11 and 22 cm high. These gourds were handled by and filled through traditional healers (wahanga) who use a combination of herbal mixtures, spirit medicines, and spirit mediumship or possession to restore health and wellbeing. (VJ)
Provenance:
Collected by Ralf Schulte-Barenberg in situ;
Dr. Jan Baptist Bedaux, Wezemaal, Brussels.
Published:
"Tanzania. Glaube, Kult und Geister. Collection Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg", Stuttgart: Phaistos, 2007 (Duisburg, Germany and Schwaz, Austria, exhibition catalogue).
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
28.06.2023 - 15:22
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,500.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 800.-
5 Kwere/Zigua medicine gourds,
Tanzania. Wood, ritual materials, between 11 and 22 cm high. These gourds were handled by and filled through traditional healers (wahanga) who use a combination of herbal mixtures, spirit medicines, and spirit mediumship or possession to restore health and wellbeing. (VJ)
Provenance:
Collected by Ralf Schulte-Barenberg in situ;
Dr. Jan Baptist Bedaux, Wezemaal, Brussels.
Published:
"Tanzania. Glaube, Kult und Geister. Collection Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg", Stuttgart: Phaistos, 2007 (Duisburg, Germany and Schwaz, Austria, exhibition catalogue).
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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Auction: | Tribal Art |
Auction type: | Online auction |
Date: | 28.06.2023 - 15:22 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 24.06. - 28.06.2023 |