3049776

Wall panel or screen "insika"

Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium H: 61.8 inch;
B: 20.5 inch
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rattan, grass fibre, partly dyed dark brown, fine cord,

Tutsi and Hutu domestic and ceremonial space was enclosed and defined by fibre.

Their houses - even the kings' palaces - were structures of plaited bamboo, surrounded by woven palisades and subdivided with interior partitions and screens, all fabricated with plant materials.


Drake-Moraga, Vanessa, Weaving Abstraction, Washington 2012, p. 195, ill. 96 f.