Mixed lot (3 items): Burkina Faso, Mali: A bangle made of stone, one made of brass and a container made of leather.
Mixed lot (3 items): Burkina Faso, Mali: A bangle made of stone, one made of brass and a container made of leather.
1: An old bangle made of black stone with white ‘veins’, as worn by the Mossi in Burkina Faso. DM: 11 cm (exterior), 7 cm (interior), 2 cm thick.
2: An old bangle of the Gurunsi in Burkina Faso. Made of yellow cast-alloy (brass), executed with ‘waste mould’ casting. In typical, conical form, decorated with knops and plaited pattern. The Frafra also wear this type of bracelet. H: 2.5 cm to 7 cm. DM: 7 cm.
3: A round container for fat, with a conical, pointed lid, from the Tuareg in Mali. Made of lightweight, light-coloured and thin leather (animal skin) and embossed with charming, all-round patterns of geometrical lines. H: 15 cm, DM: 11 cm.
All three objects: first half of the 20th century, or some earlier (bangles). (ME)
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
05.11.2014 - 13:00
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EUR 800,- a EUR 1.000,-
Mixed lot (3 items): Burkina Faso, Mali: A bangle made of stone, one made of brass and a container made of leather.
1: An old bangle made of black stone with white ‘veins’, as worn by the Mossi in Burkina Faso. DM: 11 cm (exterior), 7 cm (interior), 2 cm thick.
2: An old bangle of the Gurunsi in Burkina Faso. Made of yellow cast-alloy (brass), executed with ‘waste mould’ casting. In typical, conical form, decorated with knops and plaited pattern. The Frafra also wear this type of bracelet. H: 2.5 cm to 7 cm. DM: 7 cm.
3: A round container for fat, with a conical, pointed lid, from the Tuareg in Mali. Made of lightweight, light-coloured and thin leather (animal skin) and embossed with charming, all-round patterns of geometrical lines. H: 15 cm, DM: 11 cm.
All three objects: first half of the 20th century, or some earlier (bangles). (ME)
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Tribal Art |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 05.11.2014 - 13:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 31.10. - 05.11.2014 |