Lot: 304

Cuillère avec tête anthropomorphe, avant 1900

Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati ou son atelier

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
French Collection (1900) L: 22,3 cm 1500 EUR / 3000 EUR

wood, pokerwork, labelled on the underside of the spoon: "chaîne symbolique du Mariage - Mœurs des natures de Mozambique - Souvenir de la Guerre des Boers - 1900"

A formally and stylistically almost identical spoon is published by Stevenson & Graham-Stewart, 2003, p. 44. Particularly typical of Muhlati are the circular eyes and the round, deepened ears with distinctive triangle.


Stevenson, Michael & Michael Graham-Stewart, The Mlungu in Africa, 2003, p. 44