À propos du lot
n° 182
Titre : A Superb and Rare Kwere Throne, Tanzania
Dimensions : measurements note height 54 3/4 in. 139 cm Provenance : Collected in situ by Pierre Dartevelle and David HenrionSulaiman Diane, New YorkFred Jahn, MunichLiterature : Jens Jahn (ed.), Tanzania: Meisterwerke Afrikanischer Skulptur. Munich, 1994, pp. 344-345, figs. 200 a and bNancy Nooter, "East African High-Backed Stools: A Transcultural Tradition," Tribal Arts, Autumn, 1995, p. 54, fig. 12Christopher D. Roy, Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, Seattle, 1997, pp. 97 and 336, fig. 44--, Kilengi. Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss, Hanover, 1997, pp. 101 and 339, fig. 44Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, The Tribal Arts of Africa, New York, 1998, p. 10Christopher D. Roy, "African Art from the Bareiss Collection," African Arts, Summer 1999, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, p. 57, fig. 7Notes : Roy (1997: 336, fig. 44) notes: "The Kwere live in eastern Tanzania. Although their small mwana hiti dolls were described briefly by Holy in 1967, their sculpture has become familiar only recently, in large part through an exhibition catalogue by Marc Felix (Felix 1990). More than other matrilineal peoples of Tanzania, the Kwere have been influenced by the Swahili culture of the East African coast. This is particularly apparent in the elaborate and quite beautiful chip-carved geometric patterns on the tall back of this chair. Evidence of the more ancient traditions of female initiation is the large female head that projects from the top of the chair back."Sotheby's, Salle de vente
, New York, US
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Date de la vente : 16/05/2008
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