Two ceremonial axes
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82nd Tribal Art AuctionTwo ceremonial axes
Tanzania, Nyamwesi
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany | H: 19.3 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, brown patina, iron, shaft with elaborate incised ornaments, crowned by a human head with grooved coiffure and scarification marks, eyes inset with miniature glass beads, minor missing parts at the bottom; additional: a smaller axe of the Rungu, D. R. Kongo, h: 37 cm, a circular shaft supporting a thickened head piece with inserted metal blade, crowned by a crudely carved human head with flattened face halves, slightly dam., cracks, traces of corrosion (both blades)
Jahn, Jens (Hg.), Tanzania, Meisterwerke afrikanischer Kunst, München 1994, p. 144