Receptacle "ithunga"
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77th tribal art auctionReceptacle "ithunga"
South Africa, Zulu
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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English Private Collection | H: 13 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, brown patina, high receptacle with flaring sides, plane at the bottom, clasp-like handles in the upper area, incised simple ornaments, min. dam., paint rubbed off;
not only used for keeping milk, but as bucket for milking as well.
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, ill. p. 62