Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900
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Lot: 304
Spoon with anthropomorphic head, before 1900
Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati or his workshop
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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French Collection (1900) | L: 8.8 inch | 1500 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