Mixed lot (2 items), Yoruba, Nigeria: Pair of foot rattles with four faces each.
A pair of foot rattles for ceremonial dances. Made of old yellow cast-alloy (brass/bronze), executed with ‘waste mould’ casting. Each features four faces and four bells. With good usage patina and minor age damage. Between the end of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century; dimensions: c. 20 cm x 20 cm. (ME)
Literature: 'AFRICA - Die Kunst eines Kontinents' by Tom Phillips, p. 428; 'Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika - Tradition und Moderne in Südnigeria', p. 225.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
24.03.2014 - 16:00
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EUR 1.400,- a EUR 1.600,-
Mixed lot (2 items), Yoruba, Nigeria: Pair of foot rattles with four faces each.
A pair of foot rattles for ceremonial dances. Made of old yellow cast-alloy (brass/bronze), executed with ‘waste mould’ casting. Each features four faces and four bells. With good usage patina and minor age damage. Between the end of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century; dimensions: c. 20 cm x 20 cm. (ME)
Literature: 'AFRICA - Die Kunst eines Kontinents' by Tom Phillips, p. 428; 'Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika - Tradition und Moderne in Südnigeria', p. 225.
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: | 24.03.2014 - 16:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 18.03. - 24.03.2014 |