Wall panel or screen "insika"
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Wall panel or screen "insika"
Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium |
H: 61.8 inch; B: 20.5 inch |
This object is not available anymore. |
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.