Lot 118
  • 118

Pipe à eau en calebasse, Zulu, Afrique du Sud

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
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Description

  • Pipe à eau en calebasse, Zulu
  • long. 26,5 cm
  • 10 1/2 in
le fût allongé décoré de fils de laiton cousus agencés en losanges, l'embouchure destinée à recevoir le tube en terre cuite (ici manquant) renforcée de fibres végétales tressées. Très belle patine brun roux, brillante. 

Exhibited

African Forms, NY, Dav., San Diego, Mt. H. et Cornell, 2001 - 2004
Africa, The Art of a Continent,  the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, N.Y, 7 juin - 29 septembre 1996

Literature

Ginzberg, 2000 : 122

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Cracks and break near the opening with indigenous repair (metallic staples).
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